She has spent the greater part of her life in France, but has brought with her to Stoke-on-Trent (England) the still recent emotions of having been finally reunited with her Chilean origins. Noelia Ceballos Terrén Laura has spent her whole life living between two cultures, but this was […]
Profiles
Gabriela Babic: from Poznan to little Poland
After arriving in London just before the new millennium without speaking a word of English, she is now entering her 15th year in the city, and recalls some of her struggles and gives her verdict on the citizenship test. Will Shaw “I think I got lucky to be […]
My Story: Behind bars in Brixton
This is my story. I arrived there on 14 February 2010… A day earlier, in the early morning; the police arrested me in a street in east London for carrying a knife. Yes, it was a foolish act and even though it did not lead to any physical or material […]
Marco Antonio Quinteros: “Progress in London means not being sheltered by your community”
“This changes the mindset of a person. If at any time you have acted badly with the natives of your country or any other illiterate person…money changes you and you reconsider and reflect.” He is a Bolivian man from Cochabamba, a city in the middle of Bolivia. In April […]
Wilson Ampuero: “People who you have never seen are those who help you”
“I came to London without finding any information on the internet and without knowing anything, I found a girlfriend here, and later Raymundo. They tell me that it’s a little crazy to arrive here without having prepared anything.” He is 44-years-old and is exhausted despite his robust stature – […]














