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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The nightmare of adopting in the UK
The number of children living in care in the United Kingdom is increasing and has reached 67,000, whilst adoptions have dropped to historically low levels due to bureaucratic red tape: the whole process can take over two years. . Ramón Alabau . Many children find themselves either abandoned by their […]
Alejandra: “What I most like about London is the people’s kindness”
The Ecuadorian is well aware of what it means to change your country of residence and culture. By the age of twenty she had already done it twice: first to Spain and then to the United Kingdom. The first time her parents broke the news to her she was […]
A history of violence
I went to secondary school from 1968 until 1975. It was a Grammar School. I did not know that I was about to enter a world of institutionalised violence. Steve Latham At the pinnacle of our little world, was the Headmaster. In his office he kept the cane. […]
Living with the enemy at home
Violence committed by children against their parents has increased notably. Between 2008 and 2010, a telephone helpline for parents received more than 22,000 calls reporting aggressive acts in the UK. 7,000 of those included cases of physical abuse. Benjamin Serra Though it seems to be a taboo subject […]