Ethical and Independent Journalism… Journalism for immigrants
Friday, September 13, 2024
Chronically ill and disabled people are gathering outside parliament on Wednesday 8 March, to protest over the NHS treatment of people living with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome, CFS). Steve Topple / The Chronic Collaboration The illness has hit the headlines recently. Two women […]
The Third Age is a growing category among the Latino population in the UK, and the problems they face are a threat to their well-being. Noelia Ceballos Terrén They are a minority but they embody the values and traditions of a whole community who are far from their […]
After more than a decade of a systemic undermining of the public services, the people are organising massively in the public sphere. To counterattack these movements, the Government has proposed to threaten our freedom with the ‘Public Order Bill’. These are uncertain times.
What happens when a worker is detained by immigration as retaliation for having made a claim for justice in the work place? What are their rights? These are the two primary questions that arose on the 14th May, 2011 during a meeting organised by the Latin American Workers Association (LAWAS) at Southbank University in Elephant and Castle.
Poor healthcare, detainees abused by the guards and a system that “breaks your heart” are part of the things this Cameroonian woman lived while being detained in the UK. “It’s people who have been tortured, who are gang raped in their countries”, she explains.
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