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 […]
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Leydis Fernández, like a fish in water
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 […]
Beatriz Angarita: “I have not been able to acquire a taste for London”
At 26 years old, she has lived half of her life outside of Colombia. With her mother she emigrated to Valencia and later on, with her partner, to London. She was born in Pereira, but only spent her childhood and part of her adolescence there. This routine was interrupted […]
Gunter Silva: “In London no one stops to lend a hand”
In a collection of short stories, Peruvian writer Gunter Silva brings together the experiences of Latin American immigrants through the characters depicted in his tales, set in the British capital. Benjamin Serra Originally from Peru but having lived in London for eight years, Gunter Silva Passuni is a […]
BeatrizToranzo: “London is saturated, I mean, everyone comes here looking for work.”
The Santander native arrived in London with her boyfriend Mario at the beginning of October. Her idea was to work as ‘whatever came along’, improver her English, and perhaps further down the line, find a job that had something to do with her studies. She confesses that she isn’t […]