Next Saturday the 4th of December, England’s capital will play host to two events commemorating the festival of the city and capital of Ecuador, Quito. Both have been organised by the Network of Friends of the Ecuadorian House. The first is organised by the group “Quintenos in the UK” and […]
Migrants
Social Protection of Ecuadorian Immigrants in Italy
This Latin American country clearly aims to strengthen it’s international relations and already has bilateral agreements with Spain, Chile, Peru and Uruguay and business connections with Columbia and Venezuela. In a meeting with Ecuadorian citizens living in Eastern Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, Ramiro González, the Director of the […]
Ana Souza: “Children perceive the importance of their cultural mix”
It is well known that there is a large Brazilian community in the United Kingdon, above all in its capital, London, where according to unofficial numbers there are close to 150,000 Brazilian immigrants. Like thousands of her Brazilian compatriots, Ana Souza arrived in the UK and intergrated into a culture […]
The last Britain in Guantanamo
Despite Barak Obama’s promise to close down Guantanamo Bay, Shaker Aamer a former British resident and father of four is continuing to be detained in the illegal enclosure in Cuba after nine years of being imprisoned without charge or trial. Sofia Ahmad 43 year old Shaker Aamer is the last […]
UK forcibly sending Iraqis back to danger zone
The government is continuing to deport failed asylum seekers in Britain back to Baghdad despite the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) formally writing to the UK requesting that they cease such activity. The Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt recently rebutted the ECHR’s request and confirmed that there would […]