This is my story. I arrived there on 14 February 2010. A day earlier, in the early morning; the police arrested me in a street in east London for carrying a knife. Yes, it was a foolish act and even though it did not lead to any physical or material harm, it did cause me and my family much unrest and distress for several days.
Our People
For a world free of violence against women and children
For 35 years Latin American Women’s Aid (LAWA) has been working to eradicate violence against Latin American immigrant women and to achieve self-determination. It has other action fronts and annually provides support to more than 1500 women. LAWA was founded in 1987 by a group of women political refugees […]
Pioneering journalism by and for migrants
The Prisma – The Multicultural Newspaper was born in the context of the complex reality of immigrant life particularly that of Spanish-speaking people living in the UK. And in its journey it has become the voice of the Latin American and other diasporas. It was born out of the […]
A shared history of enduring solidarity
In its 41 year-journey, the IndoAmerican Refugee and Migrant Organisation (IRMO) has grown thanks to the work of hundreds of people who have made this organisation a place of development, management and participation, responding to the immediate and structural needs that the immigrant and refugee community experience in the United […]
Supporting Latin Americans in the North West
Latin American Support Network (Lasnet), or LASNET, started as a project of the organisation Migrant Support many years ago, aiming to support the most vulnerable people with a Latin American background who, after the economic crisis of 2009, emigrated from Spain, Italy and Portugal. Many of them arrived in […]