More than 300,000 children worldwide are recruited and become victims of armed conflict. Their innocence means that they are easy to manipulate and control. They are treated as soldiers, spies, ammunition porters or as sexual objects. . Ramón Alabau . “The girls were also raped by Al Shabab. One of […]
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There is no such thing as ‘voluntary return’, only voluntary deportation
According to the UK’s Home Office, 23,184 immigrants returned to their home countries in 2012 on a voluntary basis. Of these people, 16% accessed economic aid provided by the “Voluntary Return Assistance” programme, funding their return home. Is this programme too good to be true? Ramón Alabau “I […]
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 […]
Protests over benefit cuts
Next Wednesday, March 27th, citizens of Kilburn, northwest of London, will demonstrate their discontent over the measures that they have had to adopt due to the banking crisis. The austerity measures taken by most European countries have caused a large number of mass protests throughout the continent. Cuts in […]
Cathy McIlwaine: More Latin Americans but more vulnerability
The immigration policies of David Cameron’s government will create further barriers for Latin Americans living in the United Kingdom and will put them in an even more vulnerable position, claims one of the authors of “No Longer Invisible”. . Ramón Alabau . Despite their economic, social and cultural contributions to […]