In the United Kingdom there are several organizations that work with and for this community. Their purpose is to ensure that the diaspora has a dignified and productive life, where their rights are respected and where living in and adapting to a new country is as painless as possible. Some have become indispensable arenas of support for migrants.
Migrants
Detainees III – Makni: “I haven’t murdered or robbed anyone”
“I just wanted to flee my country,” said Makni Tecli a 30 years old Eritrean asylum seeker who has spent 8 months in detention. He fled his country to Sudan in 2001 because he was a draft evader. The Prisma’s memoirs. Joanna Gilbert-Shcrute “The prison sentence in Eritrea […]
Migrating from Taiwan to London
A Taiwanese immigrant moved to London with her working holiday visa to work in a coffee shop, thus having the opportunity to prepare to commence a master’s degree in the UK the coming September. Coronavirus outbreak has thrown her plans into turmoil. Nathan Raia I have known Kuanchi […]
A refugee’s testimony: Pushed back onto the sea and left adrift
“I am a Palestinian from the refugee Alsham camp in Syria. My dream was to guarantee a safe life for my daughters and to give them a homeland, because as a Palestinian I do not have a homeland. My husband died in Syria, when I was pregnant with my daughter […]
The last Britain in Guantanamo
Despite Barak Obama’s promise to close down Guantanamo Bay, Shaker Aamer a former British resident and father of four is continuing to be detained in the illegal enclosure in Cuba after nine years of being imprisoned without charge or trial. The Prisma’s Memoirs. November 2010. Sofia Ahmad 43 […]