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VC2 Producer Grace Jackson takes an inside look at Pakistan's recent mass imigration to Barcelona, Spain...focusing on the communities, connections and underground work opportunities for recent immigrants to Spain.
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32 responses // Pakistanis in Spain

  • amazing.
    saskia
  • this is great. i'm always fascinated by the way immigration works in other countries.
    joshuaheller
  • I love this pod...
    jade_azul16
  • that host is hot.
    joshsoskin
  • Excellent piece guys. Grace is grace is on camera.
    Keep inspiring and keep up the great work out there.
    Jacobz
  • Grace, you are great on camera. I really enjoyed this pod. Great job guys!
    MarianaVanZeller
  • yeah, they are probably gonna hire her..... lol
    jade_azul16
  • really great work you two!

    Grace, you were amazing on camera, and that's no easy feat, I look forward to seeing more from you.
    sarahbelle
  • Wow, you guys are doing some really nice work over there, well done!!! That was a really interesting piece.
    SusanB
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPdrRvrkTSk
    Esa es la rumba de Barçelona....
    mcamargo
  • love it - nice work guys...
    edonelan
  • This is SOOO Current. I love it. Grace = talent for shizzle
    AROC
  • Another rad pod! So glad to see that you've become so prolific, Josh. And Grace is great on camera. You two make quite a team.

    Best,
    Justin
    Justin_Gunn
  • WOW...you guys continue to impress me! i love everything you've been putting up!!! grace, no surprise, you are AMAZING, as usual!!!!!!!
    messyjessie
  • Good report! I lived for several years in Barna & saw how the pakistani population really exploded around 2001. It is a very interesting diaspora. You should do a piece on the butaneros. It would be difficult to get them to talk but if you establish a friendship w/ one it could be very interesting. Before the paskistani demographic explosion the butaneros where mostly andalucian immigrants but now they are almost exclusively pakis in barcelona, at least in the casc antic, thanks to the repsol mafia & a cheaper labor force due to illegal resident status.


    suerte!
    LucienRafagas
  • Great work with the subject, the editing, the work! It looks you did all this in one night! wow!!! Congratulations, you are an inspirations to people like me who are trying to get the courage to start his first pod project
    Sahuaro
  • i really appreciated this pod. it's sad how some of these illegal immigrants have to really compromise their pride and dignity just to keep their families alive. i wonder if there are other ways?
    pressrecord
  • Grace - you are wonderful on camera!! Love the Spanish speaking skills. You both are doing some great stuff out there. Can't wait to see what's next!
    Leash
  • This was a great look at the lives of the people of Pakistan in Spain.

    The only guy from his town with a university degree...and he's selling beer. Sheesh.
    Miyaunna_DeChelle
  • grace... i love your face!! you guys rock.
    jaridiculous
  • I remember seeing the men selling beer along La Rambla when I traveled to Barcelona last year. This is great because breaks through the misconceptions about the motives and backgrounds of these people and shows the risks they have to take to support their families back in Pakistan. It's a thought-provoking look into the illegal immigration issues outside of the United States. I also liked Grace's style when it comes to narrating throughout the pod and offering explanation when necessary.
    hynese
  • Nice work man. Grace is good on camera. And that Panasonic is just awesome. So how is the skate scene in Barcelona? Shot a pod on it for me! Haha.

    Jason
    Jason_Boone
  • A well presented expose. Interesting, what with the rebuilding of Iraq an English speaking civil engineer can not find a job closer to home. Our screwing up the world does truly cast a big net.
    usmctanker
  • love it!
    IAMmartini
  • Hi grace
    It's Margaret Wilson here. Just watched your video on the Pakistanis in Spain. chris and yvonne told me about it. It was great. You're a natural presenter but i was a bit distracted because you look so much like your mom! because I teach English as an additional language at a tertiary institution here in NZ I meet people in similar situations all the time (not quite so bad because they are at least studying and, if they're here, they tend to have their papers). But they're still people struggling to make their way in the world and it's great that people like you are giving a few of them a voice. Keep it up! Margaret
    mwilson
  • Excellent pod, I miss Barcelona!
    djnemo
  • Grace - that was so interesting! the things you never think of...buying beer from a guy on the street who has a degree in engineering! good luck to him!
    taliamm
  • Really great video! Infact, watching it made me want to sign up to this web site! Looking forward to seeing more videos from you!
    RemyLeBeau
  • I never thought one could make an interesting pod out of such a subject - I know Spain pretty well, and also some illegal immigrants living there. Great work!!
    piotr_pl
  • these are all political correct stories and spiced up to make things more dramatic.

    i live in spain, i moved there for a "spanish" way of life. I embrassed spanish life and spanish people hence embrassed me.

    Firstly, lets establish why pakistan was created. It was created because the muslims wanted an Islamic country and to be governed under Sharia law. They did not want to live with the Hindu's who claimed independence from Britain by non-violent means.
    from 500,000 to 1 million people died during to create Pakistan.

    Inspite of this India is still regulary attacked by Islamic extremists. Only 4 days they bombed delhi killing 20 people. India has most most millionaires in South Asia and some of the most expensive land prices in the world. Pakistan is officially one the cheapest places to live in the world! One country embracesses democracy the other sharia law.

    The guy talks about having 4 brothers and 3 sisters to support. Who's fault is this?? Muslims have large families to help the spread of Islam!! Spain has less than 2 children per family on average.

    Job?! Pakistanis are the biggest muslim group in the UK and have the HIGHEST levels of unemployment. They are also most likely to be living in government accomodation and claiming ill-health. At the SAME TIME they have the HIGHEST NUMBER OF CHILDREN!! This is from BRITISH BORN pakistanis as well! About seven in ten (69 per cent!) of Muslim women of working age were economically inactive, cause they breed.

    Spain is regularly arresting Pakistani for links to terrorism. As you mention nearly ALL the migrants are men and any women that they bring are not even permitted to talk to men, they are forced to cover up and stick out like a saw thumb and hence never learn Spanish.

    People make out it is a good thing they are open nearly 24hours. This has in fact put out of business local Spanish people who cannot not work these hours as they do not have 5 brothers they can share the work with!

    This video is nothing but polictical correctness. Why don't you make a trip to Pakistan and see for yourself!
    teeprinter
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  • I'm not denigrating anyone, this is a FACT not an opinion, Pakistan was created for this reason!!

    Muslims families have more children per family then any other faith group - FACT, not an opinion

    I noticed that you have not actually stated factually which of my statements are true or not. Of course, is everything I have written about Pakistani apply to EVERY Pakistani, of course not, that's stupid, but does does it apply to majority? Facts say so.

    It is PCness like yours which hides the truth and believes that the majority is always wrong and the minority always right.
    teeprinter

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