Thousands came to Boston for work, but behind the headlines about immigration lies a quieter story of people building lives together. As families settled, the town became a place where belonging was negotiated every day. “The Prisma Series: Lincolnshire transformed by migrants”.
Migrants
Three countries, three starts, a return still to write
From Palmira to Madrid and then London, a life shaped by work, adaptation and the need to start again. Today, while her daughter and granddaughter also live in the British capital, she works seven days a week and considers starting over once more in Colombia Marcos Ortiz F. […]
Immigrant: twenty-five years away, a return still to come
She arrived on the Isle of Wight in 1991 to learn English and find work. Since then, she has worked in hotels, factories and schools, married, had two children and built her life in Henley-on-Thames. Yet Spain remains central to her plans for the future. Sonia Gumiel A […]
Sex, migration and money in a changing world
The case of Brazilian sex workers in Portugal shows how social change transforms relationships between sexuality, economics and family. Violence, discrimination against immigrant women, the stigma attached to them and journalists’ responsibility when reporting on socially hidden realities are also part of this complex picture. (The Prisma memoirs) Graham […]
Rethinking Latin America’s future in London
The advance of the right across Latin America, US influence and the defence of national sovereignty will be central to a London debate marking 534 years since Columbus reached the Americas. Speakers will address political change, Operation Condor, extractivism, Cuba, Zionism and electoral politics on Monday 12 October. This […]
















