Enforced migration is not what happens when an immigrant chooses to travel and decides to make the crossing to a foreign country, with a different language and culture. Migration is: ‘The geographical displacement of individuals or groups, generally for economic or social reasons.’ But there is no word for forced […]
Migrants
Immigrants: When the first stop is the worst nightmare
Uncertainty and fear of being deported at any time, this is what awaits immigrants who do not have the necessary residence credentials to live in the United Kindgdom. And the first stop is their worst nightmare: the detention centre. Virginia Moreno Molina At work, waiting for a bus, […]
The months of agony of a detainee
Neither the fact that his papers were being processed nor his mobility problems were enough to stop this Venezuelan being detained for nearly 4 months in a detention centre for immigrants in the United Kingdom. Here he describes the raids, the scant medical attention and the tricks of the Home […]
Third-generation diaspora: to be or not to be
In comparison to their grandparents and parents who may not have felt completely at home in Britain, accepted that they were different, and in some cases even expected to be discriminated against, third generation migrants are more likely to stand up to racism, push for equality and fight against discrimination.
40 years after his arrival, he might be deported
Omar Siachoque* was 9 years old when he travelled to England from Colombia. Since then he has made Britain his home; it is his children’s motherland and where he has spent almost his entire life. However, 40 years after his arrival he now potentially faces deportation. Virginia Moreno […]