Could it be that allowing a completely open door to immigrants, with no checks whatsoever, is far from the moral high ground that it claims to be, but rather the opposite? Nigel Pocock What then are the detrimental effects of immigration on poor countries? The first and […]
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Latinos and the health service: Migrant status can be a barrier
Trouble expressing themselves, not understanding the service or their own illegal status… These are just some of the reasons for the low hospital and clinic attendance of Latinos. Ramón Alabau “One in every five Latin Americans has never visited a general practitioner (GP)” – this is just one […]
Is multiculturalism utopian, and therefore intolerant?
This might sound totally paradoxical and contradictory, for how can a society that is mutually tolerant of multiple cultures, be intolerant? Nigel Pocock Some have argued that such an utopian vision of society could not be achieved without imposition from above. Given that there would no doubt be […]
The Tory’s devastating attack on the welfare state
“A society without a welfare state is a society that does no protect its citizens, that doesn’t take care of its future generations.” . Claudio Chipana Gutiérrez . Although the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government claims that they are only reducing some benefits, in reality this is the most vicious attack […]
CLAUK, a Latin American coalition in the United Kingdom
The Coalition of Latin Americans in the UK, formed by nine voluntary sector organisations, was founded in November 2012 with the aim of raising awareness and disseminating information concerning matters that are of importance to the Latin American community. The results of the study “No Longer Invisible”, carried out […]