How unfair custody battles deepen the pain for mothers affected by PTSD In our latest edition, The Prisma published part one on the issue of migrant mothers fleeing domestic violence and now facing international child abduction charges. Although there is child protection, there is a great debate on what is […]
Multiculture
The struggle of migrant mothers (1)
Escaping abuse and confronting international abduction charges In a tough situation, migrant moms escaping domestic violence now face international child abduction charges. In this special feature, journalist Ana Dutra Tagliati shares their courageous stories, addressing the challenges of abuse and a complex international legal fight. Ana Dutra Tagliati /Migrant Women […]
Multiculturalism, integration and tolerance
Multiculturalism is about ‘integration’ and ‘tolerance’, both ill-defined. This envisages a meshing together, in some sense, of a socially complex and pluralistic western culture, with those that are ‘Other’. This Other may be traditional, and very different. Nigel Pocock Most psychologists would say that adaptability and the […]
Immigrating or returning to Portugal
After more than a year in London, this Portuguese cook feels very comfortable in a city populated by people of different nationalities, a city that is tremendously multicultural. Javier Duque Born in Oporto in 1986, he knew for some years that he wanted to come to live in […]
Barbed wire fences to stop migrants
The state has the right to fight an “invasion” and state authority “supersedes” federal law. That was the recent statement by the governor of Texas and endorsed by more than 25 Republican governors. The crisis on the border with Mexico is on the table, especially as a campaign issue. […]