Immigrants face not only the conflict between different cultures, but additionally the hostility from natives to accept them into city life. A “cultural clash”. While Europeans and those from the United States are generally welcome, being Haitian, Peruvian or Colombian implies a tougher deal.
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Prostitution (III): against immigrants… against women
Trafficking of women in this country is certainly alarming. However everything seems to indicate that the government is manipulating the statistics to use them for their own benefit. The Prisma’s Memoirs. July 2012. _ César Amaya Sandino There are no definitive statistics for it, but those that do exist […]
Forced deportation: A nightmare foretold in Yarl’s Wood
On the morning of May 30, seven women and two men were forced to leave the country. These people had been detained for between three weeks and nine months. Here is the account of a detainee who witnessed what happened. She spoke to The Prisma.
“Detainees are being taken by force to a charter flight for a mass deportation”. This was the first message that the Prisma received on Wednesday morning May 30 from Yarl’s Wood. It was followed by more calls and texts which detainees kept sending all day, reporting what was happening.
“Roots 4”: Bureaucracy and other demons
Getting papers to work legally in Chile is a great difficulty for migrants. In this story, Queque reveals the problems that he faced and the endless waiting that puts his current work at risk.
“Roots 3”: Why Chile?
It is the country that receives the most immigrants in Latin America, but also the one with the most obsolete immigration laws. Arrival in the country is full of uncertainties, and the reason why people choose it as the location for a new life is a question that often goes […]
















