Category Archives: Immigration

Hungarian photographer captures the lives of Roma in France

Set in a golden rectangular frame a photo shot of a middle-aged man posing with three children – two teenage girls and a little boy-  instantly attracts attention. All four are Roma migrants – gypsies from Romania and neighbouring Eastern

Hungarian photographer captures the lives of Roma in France

Set in a golden rectangular frame a photo shot of a middle-aged man posing with three children – two teenage girls and a little boy-  instantly attracts attention. All four are Roma migrants – gypsies from Romania and neighbouring Eastern

Ali Akbar

An afternoon with celebrity newspaper vendor Ali Akbar

Not your ordinary newspaper vendor, Ali Akbar is a local celebrity in the affluent boulevard Saint Germain of Paris. In search of a better life, Ali left Pakistan at a tender age and has now lived for 40 years in

Ali Akbar

An afternoon with celebrity newspaper vendor Ali Akbar

Not your ordinary newspaper vendor, Ali Akbar is a local celebrity in the affluent boulevard Saint Germain of Paris. In search of a better life, Ali left Pakistan at a tender age and has now lived for 40 years in

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“We don’t ask for a credit card when migrants need medical aid”

The French healthcare system is renowned worldwide but remains off-limits to illegal migrants in the country. If health is a fundamental right, getting treated, however, is not always possible.Aid organisations are calling for a parallel medical system to assist those

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“We don’t ask for a credit card when migrants need medical aid”

The French healthcare system is renowned worldwide but remains off-limits to illegal migrants in the country. If health is a fundamental right, getting treated, however, is not always possible.Aid organisations are calling for a parallel medical system to assist those

La loge

After four decades, Spanish concierge calls Paris home

Remedios Carballo says she felt like a stranger back in her hometown, a small countryside village in the Pontevedra province, just above the Portuguese border. “Over there, everybody looks at me and says: you’ve been away for forty-three years,” exclaims

La loge

After four decades, Spanish concierge calls Paris home

Remedios Carballo says she felt like a stranger back in her hometown, a small countryside village in the Pontevedra province, just above the Portuguese border. “Over there, everybody looks at me and says: you’ve been away for forty-three years,” exclaims

Immigration law: mixing business and passion

At the SSEA law firm, lawyers only deal with cases related to the rights of foreigners. The lawsuits are extremely varied: residence permits, asylum demands, family reunion visas but also divorces and criminal cases. Balancing between the will to defend

Immigration law: mixing business and passion

At the SSEA law firm, lawyers only deal with cases related to the rights of foreigners. The lawsuits are extremely varied: residence permits, asylum demands, family reunion visas but also divorces and criminal cases. Balancing between the will to defend

Chen Wenxiong , the first political figure from the Chinese community in Paris

“Above all, I’m of Chinese descent”

Buon-Huong TAN arrived in France when he was eight-years-old. Now 40-years-old, he is the deputy mayor of the 13th district in Paris and the first political figure from the Chinese community in Paris. A man with a gregarious personality, he

Chen Wenxiong , the first political figure from the Chinese community in Paris

“Above all, I’m of Chinese descent”

Buon-Huong TAN arrived in France when he was eight-years-old. Now 40-years-old, he is the deputy mayor of the 13th district in Paris and the first political figure from the Chinese community in Paris. A man with a gregarious personality, he

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Practicing Japanese medicine in Paris

Toshi Ichikawa holds in Paris a cabinet of Shiatsu: traditional Japanese medicine. On the first floor of a 14th district tall building, a series of bells, each associated to a different name, appears next to an old fashioned main door.

Meridian model

Practicing Japanese medicine in Paris

Toshi Ichikawa holds in Paris a cabinet of Shiatsu: traditional Japanese medicine. On the first floor of a 14th district tall building, a series of bells, each associated to a different name, appears next to an old fashioned main door.