Children crossing
There’s nothing new about children travelling alone through Central America and Mexico to get to the United States. The journey and its dangers were portrayed five years ago in the film Sin Nombre. One character, Sayra, a teenage girl from Honduras, ends up crossing the Rio Grande alone. She is looking out for Casper, a […]
Mothers of the disappeared
Three weeks ago a remarkable caravan of vehicles arrived at the Mexican town of Reynosa, just across the border from Hidalgo, Texas. It left the northern border of Nicaragua on 12 October, carrying the relatives of migrants who made the journey north to cross illegally into the United States, but vanished along the way. The […]
Charity cuts: who started them?
Eric Pickles’ announcement on 1st March that councils will be in trouble if their cuts target the voluntary sector started a debate about whether councils are guilty or not. This is presumably what the Secretary of State wanted when he accused local authorities of being ‘high-minded’, not listening to the sector and failing to give […]
Book review: ‘Sleepwalking to segregation’? – Challenging myths about race and migration by Nissa Finney and Ludi Simpson
Sleepwalking to Segregation? challenges many of the myths about migration and ethnic groups in Britain. Here are some of the myths – and the real evidence – about issues that often come up in discussion about housing and communities, as considered in the book.
John Perry lives in Masaya, Nicaragua where he works on