After six years living in the UK, she was detained for five and then seven months. This is the story of a Cameroonian woman who saw people die in detention and gave her account to us. (The Prisma’s Memoirs) Marcos Ortiz F. She asks for anonymity to tell a […]
Multiculture
Alicia realised her life in London has not been easier
She is not very happy living in London, but she says that once she gets to be about 60 to 70 years old and makes enough money, she plans to move back to Spain where most of her family currently is. Alicia Piedra moved from Ecuador to Spain when she […]
“Finding work was the most important thing at that time”
An immigrant tells his story to The Prisma. “It was my first Saturday in London, with many places to discover, but finding work was the most important thing at that time”. Hernán Darío Villada “The only contact I had been able to make from Medellín was my girlfriend’s […]
Stories of immigrant and undocumented women
On the street corners of Brooklyn, men and women from other countries wait for hours in the hope of finding a job. They’ll do anything. Up to and including putting up with the exploitative conditions that unscrupulous impresarios, knowing they don’t have ‘papers’, that they’re ‘illegal’, will subject them to. Division […]
Being a Latina on social media: from stereotypes to abuse
Latin women are portrayed on TikTok and Instagram as objects of desire: curvaceous bodies, explosive temperaments and sexually available. A study by LAWRS reveals that this is not a cultural cliché: it is a form of violence that impacts young people’s identity and mental health in this community in London. The Prisma Series “Fetishisation of Latinas in the UK”.
















