When she left her native Argentina for Covender in 2015, she never imagined that five months without work or command of the language would test her confidence. Today, while studying English and raising Astor, she seeks to belong without losing who she was. Sonia Gumiel She is a […]
Migrants
Living in parallel: community and tension
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”.
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 […]
















