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 […]
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Cristina: “If you don’t know your rights, they may be abused”
Cristina is one of a generation of Latin American immigrants who emigrated to Spain as a child and who now, thanks to her Spanish nationality, can build a future for herself in other EU countries. She is a relatively recent arrival to the city of London, arriving from Madrid […]
Seven Sisters: the northern community
Spanish speaking immigrants have made this a harmonious place to live; an area tailored to fit their economic and social needs. High rents and low-paying jobs have meant that a large number of foreigners have moved into this neighbourhood. Benjamin Serra There is an area of North-East London […]
In the face of raids, immigrants stay calm!
The government’s pursuit of people without identity papers has made the immigrant community fearful going to work. They do not know that they can refuse to show papers. Olga Briasco At the entrance to one of the London Tube lines, police from the Home Office are asking for […]
Deportations, the nightmare within a dream
It has become the case of the cat against the rat. While the latter attempts to carve out a better future, far away from their country of origin, the former intends to shatter their hopes. These expulsions can put the integrity or even the life of a person at risk. […]