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: openDemocracyUKThe racist attack on Reker Ahmed was rooted in May's asylum policiesTo understand the near-fatal attack of Reker Ahmed in Croydon, we need to look at the bigger picture: prime minister...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhen they call Brexit a ‘working-class revolt’, they mean the white British working classBut from Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre, to London’s Chinatown, the UK’s vote to leave the EU feels...
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Published in: HomeWhat does Britain’s ‘silent community’ think about Brexit?The British Chinese population is often dismissed as a ‘silent’ or ‘hidden’ community – but a politically conscious...
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Published in: HomeWhy they built the great wallIn Tadhg O’Sullivan’s beautifuly filmed documentary The Great Wall, the rationale behind ‘fortress Europe’ is...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?When acts of humanity break the law, we are truly in dark timesA new book documents Europe’s loss of humanity as refugees struggle to seek a haven away from wars and degradation.
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Published in: HomeA crisis facing Europe: far right going mainstreamA linkage between anti-refugee and anti-Muslim racism fuels the ambition of far-right movements across the continent.