All deaths hurt, but those that carry the horror of violence are overwhelming. And the pain is sharper and mixed with anger when certain murders don’t carry the right ‘label’ for a good debut in the media, nor merit the words of governors, politicians, of national or international human rights […]
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Detainees I – Becky, twice detained: a migrant in Yarl’s Wood
After six years living in the United Kingdom, she was detained for five and then seven months. This is the story of a Cameroonian woman who saw people die in detention and gives her account to The Prisma.
“I don’t belong here”… families broken up by inhuman US law
These are the stories of people convicted of minor crimes and deported to their place of birth in the Azores, which many left as young children. Deported hours after sentences completed, refused permission to say goodbye to families, or refused entry after a holiday, all because they didn’t apply for […]
A Latino behind bars: José’s detention
Neither the fact that his papers were being processed nor his mobility problems were enough to stop this Venezuelan being detained for nearly 4 months in a detention centre for immigrants in the UK. Here he describes the raids, the scant medical attention and the tricks of the Home Office to force deportation.
“Roots 2”: Waves of migration reach Santiago
In recent years, attention in Europe on migration issues has been focussed on the wave of refugees heading towards their frontiers, forgetting that this phenomenon is also occurring on other continents on a large scale.
















