The illegal migration bill could make the United Kingdom asylum and immigration system tougher for LGBTQ+ people.   Charline Corubolo   It’s May 17th. I have just arrived at Seven Dial Club, where Carla from Rainbow Migration greets me with a smile. Her charity and a comedy club are uniting […]

Every formally considered identity is an ontological category that affirms the permanence of being. Identity is not a label or an inert concept, it is a vital force that impels us to the realization of an ideal and goes through encounters and disagreements, victories and defeats, advances and setbacks.   […]

Layla Omar from Women of Colour, Global Women’s Strike, says the stripping of Shamima Begum’s British citizenship is Islamophobic.   On February 23 Shamima Begum lost her appeal against the government’s decision to remove her British citizenship. This is despite the judge conceding that she was probably groomed and trafficked […]

Esperanza* is a Colombian immigrant who for ten years has been a slave to her husband’s fists. Now she begins a new life. _ Miriam Valero   We arrive at Esperanza’s house on a summer afternoon. There, we see this woman’s harsh reality, “working and rushing around all day”, feeding […]

She fled the political situation in her native country and moved to the UK with her family. Over the past four decades she has lived and worked in this country, helping numerous people in difficult situations.   Benjamin Serra   “Forget your name, from now on, you are refugees protected […]