David L. Suber

David L. Suber is a political researcher and journalist. He currently lectures on organised crime at the Center for Criminology at the University of Oxford, with a research focus on people smuggling and border violence. David is also a contributor to Brush&Bow, a platform for creative journalism

Counter-smuggling is cruel and ineffective. Can we imagine a better system?

Human smugglers thrive off the vulnerability created by migration policies – but it doesn’t have to be this way

By David L. Suber

/ 13 Feb 2025

Counter-smuggling is cruel and ineffective. Can we imagine a better system?

Migrant workers fighting for freedom under Lebanon’s Kefala system

In Lebanon, a women-only group of migrant domestic workers have come together to fight for rights in the workplace.

By Roshan De Stone and David L. Suber

/ 17 May 2018