A conference set to take place in Glasgow on June 7th will analyse the situation for immigrant minors in the United Kingdom, with the aim of coming up with some solutions to their vulnerable plight. A study on immigrant minors carried out by Unicef, which analyses how difficult life […]
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Enforced disappearance, a very present-day crime
Some 107,000 cases have been recorded in Colombia, Peru, Guatemala and Mexico. Civil war, Army, Para-Militars and guerrilla conflicts are the principal causes of this affront to human dignity. . O. Briasco . Victoria Montenegro was 13 months old when she was snatched from her family home. A group from […]
Hicks and Unite: for a union based on collective action
At first there was only one candidate and no opposition. But things changed and this British union’s next elections its million and a half members will be able to choose their next General Secretary: current leader Len McCluskey, or the opponent to his left, Jerry Hicks. Benjamin Serra […]
In the face of raids, immigrants stay calm!
The government’s pursuit of people without identity papers has made the immigrant community fearful going to work. They do not know that they can refuse to show papers. Olga Briasco At the entrance to one of the London Tube lines, police from the Home Office are asking for documentation […]
Does the UK aid budget promote poverty in Africa?
According to a recent report, the British Government is channelling taxpayers’ money into large corporations through the Department for International Development (DFID), worsening the food poverty crisis in Africa. Benjamin Serra The report (from charity War on Want) shows that senior UK government officials have personal links with large corporations […]