migrants

Everyone has a story. The joy of teaching English language skills has taken Andy Ruiz Palma from youthful travel around Thailand to managing the Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants in Cross Street. Here he talks about how Islington and the Centre offer a welcome to people in desperate need.…
Stephanie Leonard: community organiser Everyone has a story. Stephanie Leonard hopes to turn 50 young people into community organisers. Here’s how she’s doing it in Islington and Camden by empowering first-, second- and third-generation migrants’ knowledge of blood, sweat and tears. Interview by Nicola Baird. We meet in a sweet cafĂ© by Highbury & Islington tube, Sawyer &…