Around 120 young footballers with Latin American roots played in a futsal tournament yesterday in Crystal Palace. 16 teams competed. Watching from the sidelines were scouts and coaches from top football clubs in London and Latin American footballers who play for clubs in the UK. The event was put […]
Profiles
Feeling happy in his host country
Age 29 and with a stable job job in the Mexican government, Pablo Arcila decided to leave home and expand on his skills by studying a postgraduate degree in London. Around 298,000 students from outside the EU were enrolled in British educational institutions during the 2010-11 academic year, according […]
Two emigrations and a struggle for survival
This Colombian cleaner has been in London for many years. One of the worst aspects of London is that it is very expensive compared to Colombia or Spain and the question of accommodation is one that concerns all immigrants. He is no exception He left Valencia, a city on […]
Immigrants… Not cleaners, but carers
Accommodation and full board in exchange for looking after children; millions of young people arrive in London from all over the world with this exact purpose. She came from Cuba, passing through Spain on the way, she is an Au Pair and she intends to stay here. When she […]
A happy immigrant in a sad and cold city
Sara is one of a generation of Latin American immigrants who emigrated to Spain as a child and who now, thanks to her Spanish nationality, can build a future for herself in other EU countries. She is a relatively recent arrival to the city of London, arriving from Madrid […]