Ethical and Independent Journalism… Journalism for immigrants
Thursday, October 22, 2026
The economic and housing crises in Portugal provide fuel for right-wing anti-migrant rhetoric, while property speculators try every means to get hold of land whose value is increasing as a result. Proposed changes to migration law have led to protests by the Brazilian Government. “This is a crisis time for migrants in Portugal”, says Jakilson Pereira.
She has lived in London since she was 19. Here she studies, fights and works as an educator. The twists and turns of her life led her to address challenges in public health and inequality in low-income populations, always with an eye on her Ecuadorean and Latin American communities. […]
Iranian painter Saye Sohrabi rose from the heart of repression to turn her canvas into a voice for silenced women. Migration wasn’t an escape, it was a rebirth; the awakening of a woman who redefines freedom through art, transforming pain into colour and silence into strength. “True artistry, for me, requires freedom, and I only found that outside Iran”, she says.
Cova da Moura was born in fragile circumstances and is again threatened by cultural conflicts imbued with racism, discrimination, and the pressure of powerful interests willing to destroy a community in the name of a ‘regeneration’ that would only benefit property developers. Resistance aims to set up a Community Land Trust and to build on the Intangible Cultural Heritage that their annual festival has gained.
Women MPs, cultural figures and women’s rights campaigners in the UK have launched ‘Women Against the Far Right’ in response to claims that violence against women is linked to people seeking asylum. The allegations, fuelled by politicians and far right activists, have led to a wave of anti-immigration protests throughout […]
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