The economic and housing crises in Portugal provide fuel for right-wing anti-migrant rhetoric, while property speculators try every means to get hold of land whose value is increasing as a result. Proposed changes to migration law have led to protests by the Brazilian Government. “This is a crisis time for migrants in Portugal”, says Jakilson Pereira.
Europe
A migrant activist for 42 years in a migrant ‘bairro’
The journey of an activist migrant from north to south in Europe following her dream of putting adult education to a radical use in the tradition of Paulo Freire. Collaborating to set up a centre with the community in the impoverished area of Cova da Moura consolidated its community development, but now it faces a threat from housing speculation.
Jose didn’t complain, just did not want to lose his name
We feel an enormous emptiness when we lose a friend. An emptiness which fills with anguish, and overflows with anger when we discover in the empty spaces of our lives that the time we should have given to our lost friend has slipped away. (The Prisma’s memoirs) José Machado […]
UK supermarkets breaching UNGP commitments in Spain
The UK food industry relies heavily on imported fresh food from Southern Spain. But UK supermarkets are failing to address the appalling living conditions of agricultural workers in Southern Spain. As a result, they could be breaching UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Ethical Consumer* In […]
Mass eviction of farm workers in southern Spain
Migrant farm workers who produce food in a key supplying region for UK and European supermarkets, have been evicted from an informal settlement in Almería, Spain. Ethical Consumer* Ethical Consumer has been campaigning for supermarkets to take responsibility for workers’ rights in their Spanish supply chains since 2019. […]
















