After hospitality training, he settled in the United Kingdom hoping to find quick work. He applied at over fifteen restaurants without success and started waiting tables. Weeks later, when one cook left, he asked to cover her role and remains there. He values stable pay, though he does not plan […]
Multiculture
Immigrants under Trump: a controversial detention policy
Since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, immigration policies have intensified pressure on those subject to deportation. A US government report now documents deficiencies in health, safety, medical care and hygiene that affected members of the diaspora held in Florida. Confined in cages, this is how dozens of people […]
The painful and invisible wounds of the migrant exodus
Migration is a social fact and consequently, it affects the whole of society. It is a process that creates change for those who emigrate, for those who accept immigrants and for the families who stay behind in the native country.
Immigrant stories: Between homesickness and a tight budget
Without asking his parents for a single euro, Jose has managed to get by financially despite the high cost of living in the British capital. Although he misses his family and is considering returning, he would not rule out staying if a job matching his career comes along. Javier […]
Chilean exile in the UK: wounds that call for justice
After the military coup, this man suffered beatings, confinement at four centres and forced labour. He reached British territory during 1975 with his family. He asked the Inter-American Court to order his country to investigate and punish those responsible. (The Prisma memoirs) Ramón Alabau Since Pinochet’s dictatorship, close […]
















