Immigrants face not only the conflict between different cultures, but additionally the hostility from natives to accept them into city life. A “cultural clash”. While Europeans and those from the United States are generally welcome, being Haitian, Peruvian or Colombian implies a tougher deal.
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Prostitution (III): against immigrants… against women
Trafficking of women in this country is certainly alarming. However everything seems to indicate that the government is manipulating the statistics to use them for their own benefit. The Prisma’s Memoirs. July 2012. _ César Amaya Sandino There are no definitive statistics for it, but those that do exist […]
Forced deportation: A nightmare foretold in Yarl’s Wood
On the morning of May 30, seven women and two men were forced to leave the country. These people had been detained for between three weeks and nine months. Here is the account of a detainee who witnessed what happened. She spoke to The Prisma.
“Detainees are being taken by force to a charter flight for a mass deportation”. This was the first message that the Prisma received on Wednesday morning May 30 from Yarl’s Wood. It was followed by more calls and texts which detainees kept sending all day, reporting what was happening.
Georgie Donnelly: the art of ‘Carpe Diem’
She is multilingual, has travelled and lived all over the world and works with such strength and stamina which is shown in her work. This South African painter comes from a generation with a strong work ethic and a creative life vision. The Prisma’s Memoirs. July 2018. Virginia Moreno […]
The last Britain in Guantanamo
Despite Barak Obama’s promise to close down Guantanamo Bay, Shaker Aamer a former British resident and father of four is continuing to be detained in the illegal enclosure in Cuba after nine years of being imprisoned without charge or trial. The Prisma’s Memoirs. November 2010. Sofia Ahmad 43 […]
















