Long read: How the Nordic model in France changed everything for sex workers
In 2019, 10 sex workers were killed in France in the span of six months. Critics say that the Nordic model and its criminalisation of clients is to blame. Here’s why.
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryA lorry-load of corpses in Essex, but no trafficking charges in courtPoliticians were quick to label the discovery of 39 dead migrants in Essex in 2019 as trafficking, but that’s not...
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryBasic income could virtually eliminate poverty in the United Kingdom at a cost of £67 billion per yearIntuition is wrong when it comes to calculating the true cost of basic income – the UK can easily afford it.
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and SlaverySocial distancing between the state and poor migrants in IndiaMany of India’s internal migrants will die this summer because of how the state has handled this crisis.
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After the 'migration crisis'
How Europe works to keep Africans in Africa
Edited by Liliane Mouan, Simon Massey and Cameron Thibos
Migration from Africa to Europe has, since the long summer of migration in 2015, been at the top of the European political agenda. As right-wing parties have gained at the ballot box through their anti-migration rhetoric, the priority for most policymakers has been to look tough and to prevent such an experience from ever happening again. To this end the European Union and individual EU member states have devoted large amounts of resources to trying to keep people in Africa. As this feature demonstrates in great detail, an awful lot has been going on.
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