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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Opinion

  Anti-strike bill: a step toward forced labour in the UK?

  Written by: Aidan McQuade All articles by Aidan McQuade

  The government seems willing to undermine the very bedrock of human rights law to keep employees at work

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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Opinion

  A right to European asylum

  Written by: Martina Tazzioli All articles by Martina Tazzioli

  Written by: Maurice Stierl All articles by Maurice Stierl

  Instead of asking what's 'fair' for states, let's ask what's just for asylum seekers

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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Feature

  Will life get better for Qatar’s migrant workers now the World Cup is over?

  Written by: Pramod Acharya All articles by Pramod Acharya

  With the World Cup over, the migrant workers who made it possible are asking: where next?

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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Feature

  Migrant workers: Qatar still to answer for mass wage theft

  Written by: Rejimon Kuttappan All articles by Rejimon Kuttappan

  Many of the migrants who built World Cup infrastructure in Qatar are still waiting for their last pay cheques

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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Feature

  Migrant rights advocates fear for safety ahead of Turkish elections

  Written by: Melissa Pawson All articles by Melissa Pawson

  Organisations supporting migrants in Turkey say they face increasing hostility in the run up to 2023 elections

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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Feature

  Migrant workers still paying off debts that brought them to Qatar

  Written by: Arafat Ara All articles by Arafat Ara

  Migrant workers took loans to work on the World Cup. For many, their creditors are waiting when they return

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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Feature

  Death in Qatar, but no just compensation for families back home

  Written by: Pramod Acharya All articles by Pramod Acharya

  Qatar’s migrant workers died, but their families struggle on

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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Explainer

  The other Albanian migrant crisis

  Written by: Andi Balla All articles by Andi Balla

  With Albanians’ migration to the UK in the spotlight, the demographic crisis at home has Albanians fearing for their...

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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Opinion

  Should aid agencies set their sights on modern slavery?

  Written by: Aidan McQuade All articles by Aidan McQuade

  Could development and humanitarian aid do for modern slavery what it has done for poverty?

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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Opinion

  Detention centres, not rubber dinghies, are the modern-day slave ships

  Written by: Laura Brace All articles by Laura Brace

  The horrors of Manston Airfield have more in common with the slave trade than the boats bringing people to Dover

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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Analysis

  The UK government is undermining decades of anti-slavery efforts

  Written by: Kate Roberts All articles by Kate Roberts

  Rather than improving support for survivors, the UK is moving backwards in its response to modern slavery

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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Analysis

  Government prepared to block modern slavery survivors to prevent ‘bogus’ claims

  Written by: Frey Lindsay All articles by Frey Lindsay

  Once considered a crowning achievement for the Conservative party, the UK’s anti-slavery legislation has become a...

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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Review

  A sex worker reviews Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

  Written by: Jaimie Tomas All articles by Jaimie Tomas

  The film claims to offer a progressive, sex-positive and feminist take on sex work. But is it good for sex workers?

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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Opinion

  India’s Supreme Court rules in favour of sex workers, and women rise up

  Written by: Kimberly Walters All articles by Kimberly Walters

  Written by: Meera Raghavendra All articles by Meera Raghavendra

  Sex workers in Hyderabad rise up against their forced detention following court’s ruling

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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Opinion

  There will never be another Mo Farah

  Written by: Francesca Humi All articles by Francesca Humi

  As terrible as these revelations are, what’s more shocking is that he’d never receive that level of compassion today

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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Opinion

  UK Home Office launches new assault on the rights of modern slavery survivors

  Written by: Maya Esslemont All articles by Maya Esslemont

  The UK Home Office seems to have a new project: help as few survivors of modern slavery as possible

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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Analysis

  Borders, not traffickers, killed 46 people in Texas

  Written by: Emily Kenway All articles by Emily Kenway

  From Essex to San Antonio, on land and at sea, migrants are suffering horrific deaths at the border. What’s it all for?

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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Feature

  Child workers in Jordan shoulder effects of rising poverty levels

  Written by: Melissa Pawson All articles by Melissa Pawson

  High rates of poverty and unemployment make plans to eliminate child labour in Jordan a pipe dream

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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Analysis

  To prevent trafficking in Israel, allow migrants to leave abusive employers

  Written by: Maayan Niezna All articles by Maayan Niezna

  Israel’s National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking is blind to the root causes of exploitation. But there are...

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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Feature

  Two years on £38 a week: life inside the UK’s trafficking support system

  Written by: Jack Barton All articles by Jack Barton

  Domestic workers inside the National Referral System at risk of new exploitation as they struggle to make ends meet