12:26pm UK, Monday May 31, 2004

Former asylum seeker Ahmed says he feels like an outsider in the Big Brother house.

The 44-year-old who fled Somalia during the civil war says he is being shunned by fellow contestants because of his background.

Ahmed claims he's a victim of discrimination

In the diary room he told Big Brother: "They think terrorism, negative things... it's being from Somalia, a refugee, asylum seeker."

When speaking to hairdresser Dan, he said: "With some people, I am invisible. They make no eye contact."

So far the teetotaller has refused to join his housemates in the whirlpool at dawn, preferring to go to bed instead.

Despondent Ahmed - who is now a British citizen and works as a property developer - has now asked to see the Big Brother therapist.

Earlier, the housemates had a surprise visitor - a frog.

Stuart ran a bath for it and made a trip to the diary room to ask for instructions on how to look after it. Staunch vegetarian Michelle said it should be left in peace, while Marco left it in a dark corner.