90% of the Muslim community live in the 10% of the United Kingdom which has the most deprived areas and their employment rate is lower than that of the white population. They face abandonment and tend to be marginalised despite having been born in this country. (The Prisma’s memoirs) […]
Migrants
Kifkif: training migrants to tell their own stories
A project in Antwerp trains non-EC migrants in journalism skills to create themselves a voice in mainstream media. Cultural integration is a politically-charged issue in Flanders. (The Prisma memories) _ Graham Douglas Kifkif was founded in Brussels in 2001 as a grass roots organization to fight racism. Its name […]
Racism and sectarianism: two sides of the same coin
In Northern Ireland, xenophobic riots against immigrants, driven by summer marches, Loyalist paramilitarism, and social media misinformation, reignite historical divisions. In cities like Ballymena, industrial decline fuels narratives ignoring low immigration, revealing intolerance, discrimination, and tensions as expressions of an enduring conflict.
Immigration stories: Ireland of the welcomes?
Is Ireland really on the verge of losing its true identity? James Connolly was born in Scotland to Irish immigrants, going on to help lead Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising. Understanding such national heroes and history is more important than ever in saving Ireland’s tradition of sharing a warm hearth with newcomers.
Deported immigrants: confused and stuck in limbo
Under a framework that made Panama a ‘bridge’ country for repatriation, last February it received 299 undocumented migrants from various continents, extradited from the United States. Now they face the dilemma of returning to their countries, where they could lose their lives, or travelling to another country that is willing […]
















