Hsiao-Hung Pai is the author of Ciao Ousmane: The Hidden Exploitation of Italy’s Migrant Workers (Hurst, January 2021), a journalist and writer, whose website is here. Her previous books include 'Angry White People: Coming Face-to-face with the British Far-right' (Zed Books / University of Chicago Press, 2016), 'Chinese Whispers' (Penguin, 2008) which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2009; 'Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants' (Verso, 2012); and 'Invisible: Britain's Migrant Sex Workers' (Saqi, 2013). Hsiao-Hung Pai's work appears in The Guardian, where she reported on the Morecambe cockle-picking tragedy. Her undercover investigation on undocumented Chinese migrants was the basis for Nick Broomfield’s acclaimed film 'Ghosts'.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: FeatureHongkongers find a rough welcome in the UKAfter fleeing Chinese persecution, many Hongkongers in the UK are battling a combination of ‘hostile environment’...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionOn immigration, Britain’s Tories sound a lot like the Italian far RightIn both countries, popular language conceals seemingly racist ideologies while threat is manufactured for public consumption
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionWhat is offensive is these governments’ housing arrangements for asylum seekersBrexit or not, Britain has a lot in common with the continent in terms of hostility to ‘outsiders’
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Italy’s all too revealing call for regularising migrant labourRegularisation should be based on migrant workers’ interests and their need for basic rights.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Moussa's story: migrant workers in Italy under lockdownUnlike Portugal, there is no indication from the Italian authorities that ensuring access to basic care and support...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?There should be no hierarchy of rights for displaced children“It is appalling hypocrisy for the authorities to speak of protecting children whilst denying them rights to family...