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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryTrying to soften the landing for returning migrantsSome migrants are either not allowed or not willing to stay abroad. Learning how to best support their return is a process.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryRights not rescue for migrant sex workersThe criminalisation of clients does nothing to protect sex workers from police harassment, border guards, racism,...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryMy mother, the marriage migrantPeople looked down on my mother because she used marriage to create a better life for us overseas. What's so...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryTalking trafficking with Jamaican sex workersSex workers face more abuse from clients and police than from ‘traffickers’, but addressing that would mean...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryWhen cops help sex workers rather than harass themIn one of the few countries in the world to decriminalise sex work, an unlikely alliance is now making it safer.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryTrafficked women in Denmark: falling through the cracksDenmark’s claim to want to help ‘victims of trafficking’ will ring hollow as long as Danish legislation does not...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryLife after trafficking in the UK: uncertainty, destitution and neglectThe UK claims to lead the fight against trafficking, but its policies on immigration, right to work, and access to...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryRe-empowering Thai fishermen after traffickingThe Thai criminal justice system is unlikely to help fishermen start afresh after trafficking, but simply giving...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryFeeling a failure: returning home a ‘trafficked’ man in IndonesiaThe after-stories of trafficked men get little attention, and both the men and their families are suffering as a result.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThree years of the inhumane EU-Turkey dealPeople continue to flee to the Greek islands from Turkey despite the hellish conditions that await them there.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryMoving forward: life after traffickingWhat happens after someone ‘stops’ being trafficked?
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryWhat happens after victims of trafficking return to Nigeria?States are increasingly relying on ‘assisted voluntary return’ to control migration, but the way those programmes...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe UK Modern Slavery Act: more for the ‘saviours’ than the ‘saved’As the UK Modern Slavery Act turns four years old, we ask why the government still refuses to speak to workers about...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaverySex workers speak: who listens?Gendered, racist, classist, homophobic, and transphobic violence haunts the world of sex work, and many of us...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryConfronting the root causes of forced labour: where do we go from here?A lot of work remains to be done in order to end forced labour. Thankfully, organisers and advocates around the...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryConfronting the root causes of forced labour: governance gapsGovernance gaps help employers push problems of forced labour even deeper into the shadows of supply chains.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryConfronting the root causes of forced labour: irresponsible sourcing practicesForced labour is illegal and its risks are widely documented. Yet so many companies continue to use irresponsible...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryConfronting the root causes of forced labour: outsourcingOutsourcing allows big brands to distance themselves from big human rights abuses, including forced labour.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryConfronting the root causes of forced labour: concentrated corporate power and ownershipMultinational corporations are becoming increasingly powerful – and this has serious implications for workers at the...