Below a headline from La Opinion, a local newspaper in Tenerife. This happened on the mainland, for those who know the story, it wasn’t here. I have seen some heartrending and some heartwarming results of this influx of illegal immigrants from Africa, and I [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘immigration’
July 4, 2008
Wheelchair Basketball
Last night I went up to Santa Cruz again with the guys who are learning basketball. What is the proper, politically correct name for this? Paraplegic basketball? Each of them get about ok without a wheelchair in their everyday life.
Last night was a bit of a surprise, first of all the traffic was [...]
June 21, 2008
Ashamed to be European
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7460007.stm
The implications of this new law still have to be examined and digested. It is heartless and cruel, and stinks of xenaphobia. But more thoughts on that another time, because it will be a long entry, and today there is no time.
For today the thing which really upsets me about this article is the picture [...]
April 27, 2008
A Week to Remember!
I lived for too many years in the cultural desert that is “expat” life not to appreciate with all my heart that which I have now, and this week was rich.
First, a wee bit of background, because I post in this blog at the end of what has been an amazing couple of months’ event [...]
