On the street corners of Brooklyn, men and women from other countries wait for hours in the hope of finding a job. They’ll do anything. Up to and including putting up with the exploitative conditions that unscrupulous impresarios, knowing they don’t have ‘papers’, that they’re ‘illegal’, will subject them to. Division […]
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Chronicle of an immigrant’s journey
I was walking on the street without any reason and some guys shouted at me: “Hey, Afghan, why do you have a red jacket?” I asked them: “What’s the problem with this jacket? If you want you can go and buy one.” They said: “No, you don’t have the right […]
Feeling happy in his host country
Age 29 and with a stable job job in the Mexican government, Pablo Arcila decided to leave home and expand on his skills by studying a postgraduate degree in London. Around 298,000 students from outside the EU were enrolled in British educational institutions during the 2010-11 academic year, according […]
Immigrating makes you a second-class citizen
You can hear them on the street, their parties are colourful and they like the British. Many don’t feel very integrated and also confess that they have suffered exploitation at work. Their accent gives them away, but so does their joy and optimism. . Ramón Alabau . For social, economic […]
Immigrants, raids and the right to mobility
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. The Prisma Memoirs. Olga Briasco At the entrance to one of the London Tube lines, police from the Home Office are […]