A Syrian couple rebuilds their life in Santiago, facing language barriers and limited job opportunities while navigating a society largely unfamiliar with Middle Eastern migration. (The Prisma memoirs) Marcella Via Loua and Amar are a Syrian couple who arrived in Santiago a year and a half ago. Since Middle […]
Multiculture
Migrating, working and integrating in multicultural London
A Canadian graduate arrives in London on a youth visa and quickly secures stable employment. His experience highlights how opportunity, multiculturalism and urban infrastructure shape a positive integration process in the UK. Javier Duque 4 years ago Robert Green discovered that special visas existed for young people to […]
Between curiosity and distance: Hispanics in China
The Hispanic presence in China remains limited, yet academic exchanges are expanding. Latin American and Spanish students describe language barriers, cultural distance, everyday experiences and episodes of exclusion within a society undergoing rapid transformation.
Invisible violence: immigrant women caught in the silence
Immigrant women who suffer from domestic abuse in a new and alien country live hellishly isolated in their own homes. They have no-one to turn to and feel obliged to stay with their partners, who they economically and socially depend on. (The Prisma memoirs) _ Miriam Valero Many immigrant […]
The other London: Latin American leisure in an English city
A Spanish immigrant gives his view about what it’s like for a “latino” to live life and spend his free time in this city. This is his view and that of others. Ramón Lafée Even though it’s English, the capital city has a certain Spanish-speaking milieu which makes it […]
















