Cristina 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 […]
Profiles
Lisbeth and her dream of being a teacher
The young Ecuadorian came from Spain to escape the economic crisis that the Iberian country is facing. She currently works as a cleaner and is studying to improve her English. When Lisbeth was only five-years-old she and her family migrated from Quito, the capital of Ecuador, to Spain in […]
Jesús Rigores: “I’m supporting my family from London”
He works non-stop in order to guarantee a future for his family. He emigrated to the United Kingdom so that in the future his daughters might have enough money to study and to eat. His nervousness is obvious as he awaits his arrival at London Bridge where he […]
James Ayala: “As long as there is work in London, I will stay here”
In July, this Colombian cleaner will have been in London for four years. He left Valencia, a city on the Spanish Mediterranean coast where he had settled after leavig Colombia in 2000 and came to London with the hope of finding work. The crisis in Spain has forced him […]
Joel Hernández: From one big city to another
Age 29 and with a stable job at the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit in Mexico, Joel Hernández 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 […]