Hoje é dia de Gérald Bloncourt

Gérald Bloncourt

Grandes fotógrafos - Gerald Bloncourt

Graças à minha amiga Fátima Sá descobri este fotógrafo que entrou fundo na vida dos emigrantes portugueses em França. Belas fotos, aqui, e uma entrevista.

"The Barbarians Always Come from the North"

It’s rare that southern populations win against northern populations, when it comes to war.

"The Walls That Hurt Us"

New coils of razor wire top the fence around Melilla, one of two Spanish territories on North Africa’s Mediterranean coast. Along with Ceuta, the enclaves share the European Union’s only land borders with Africa and are targets for would-be migrants desperate to reach Europe. Spain has long maintained high-tech fencing systems around the enclaves in an attempt to keep the migrants out, but they had removed barbed wire from the top of Melilla’s fence in 2007 after it inflicted serious injuries on those who dared to climb over.

Portugal na imprensa estrangeira - "Azorean Diaspora Can’t Resist the Powerful Pull of Home"

Before a recent religious procession here, a wooden statue of the Holy Christ of Miracles was draped in a new cape, but with a distinctly non-Portuguese twist: Images of Canadian maple leaves were woven into its silk and velvet embroidery.

Assim vai a Europa! - "Crianças punidas por falarem português nas creches e ATL"

Creches e ateliês de tempos livres (ATL) públicos no Luxemburgo estão a punir crianças que falem português, uma decisão se estende aos funcionários emigrantes no país.

Assim vai a Europa! - "Suíços aprovam imposição de limites à imigração"

Immigration?  A resposta

Assim vai a Europa! - "'The world upside down': The rise of Spanish immigration to Morocco"

The number of Spaniards living in Morocco has quadrupled over the last decade as Spain's flailing economy unexpectedly prompts its citizens to look south for new opportunities.

Os sinais da desconfiança!

Emigrantes estão a retirar verbas elevadas dos bancos portugueses