Surrogate pregnancy is criticised as exploitative, yet the women involved tell a different story. Choosing to help create life for those ‘without choice’ is more altruistic than anything else.
Once a near-exclusive province of the elite, more couples in non-urban India are turning to assisted reproduction to have a child of their ‘own’.
Surrogacy is said to exploit vulnerable women and commodify the resultant child, but context is everything. Our new series explores the complex lived experiences of surrogates from around the world.
With its draconian proposals, the Immigration Bill 2015 is a recipe for disaster when it comes to human rights and exploitation.
MPs made strong appeals to the government's sense of compassion, justice and fair play during the Commons debate on the Immigration Bill last week. The government remained emphatically unmoved.
Legislation isn't very exciting, but after the feverish rise of #refugeeswelcome there is a real need to engage with this boring, complex, often hard to follow process.
In an attempt to save money and increase voluntary returns, the UK Government intends to make over 2,900 families refused asylum homeless. But which families, and at what cost?
Strengthening the sanctions against undocumented work will not stop the employment of undocumented workers. However, sanctions have the potential to increase exploitation while damaging community cohesion.
BTS guest editor Lucy Mayblin introduces a series on the UK’s 2015 Immigration Bill, which passed the House of Commons last week and now heads to the House of Lords.
We’ll never overturn the trafficking narratives backed by big (and bad) data unless we take the time to speak with the workers and ‘victims’ themselves.
BTS editors introduce the research methods stream of our ‘possible futures’ project, arguing that a stronger and more accurate knowledge base is necessary to advance advocacy efforts.
The individuals stuck in Greece have begun a hunger strike, their determination challenging the arbitrary distinction between refugees and migrants. How long must they sit there?
