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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryBigger than the World Cup: state-sponsored human trafficking in the Gulf states
Recent attention to the plight of migrant workers in Qatar is welcome, but the problems of trafficking and forced...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaverySlaves of the state: American prison labour past and present
We know that corporations are drawn to prisoners because they constitute a source of cheap and reliable labour. But...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryUsing US prison labour to make crime pay
Under the guise of ‘prisoner rehabilitation,’ US prison-made products are silently infiltrating consumer markets and...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe everyday gender inequalities that underpin wartime atrocities
The contemporary enslavement of women, and sexual violence inflicted on them in times of war, are rooted in...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe ‘new abolitionists’ and the problem of race
‘New abolitionists’ have failed to engage with the history and legacies of slavery and racism. They must learn more...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe use and abuse of history: slavery and its contemporary legacies
Beyond Trafficking and Slavery editors introduce their issue 'On History', which challenges the superficial...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryFrom Utah to the ‘darkest corners of the world’: the militarisation of raid and rescue
The evocative imagery used in militant activism fails to address the historical underpinnings of trafficking and...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryGotcha! the ‘bait and switch and bait again’ of US anti-trafficking policy
American understandings of trafficking concentrate on so-called ‘sex trafficking,’ however existing laws address...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryEU’s approach to migrants: humanitarian rhetoric, inhumane treatment
The European Commission is working on its ‘comprehensive migration agenda’ while migrants continue to die at sea....
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryMigrant smugglers: monsters or saviours?
Migrant smuggling is often cruel and exploitative, yet it is often the only way to escape poverty or conflict....
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryCommunity Safety Glasgow visualises prostitution
Scotland’s ‘zero tolerance’ stance on prostitution, ostensibly pursued to tackle human trafficking and reduce...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryAnti-slavery responses should offer solutions not benevolence
The modern slavery act is seen as a righteous cause for many UK decision makers, however victims of exploitation do...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe 2014 ILO protocol: a new standard, but will states make it real?
Anti-trafficking measures to date have been unsuccessful as they do not address structural labour governance...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryFrom brothel to sweatshop? Questions on labour trafficking in Cambodia
Garment manufacturers in Cambodia benefit when anti-trafficking programmes portray clothing manufacturing as the...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryFilipina entertainers and South Korean anti-trafficking laws
Seoul continues to strengthen its anti-trafficking frameworks, but neither migrant wives nor migrant workers find...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryAnti-trafficking: whitewash for anti-immigration programmes
Anti-trafficking programmes give a humanitarian gloss to national anti-immigration controls, but the citizenship and...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryAnti-trafficking campaigns, sex workers and the roots of damage
Anti-trafficking campaigns have their roots in 19th-century efforts to ‘save’ white women from ‘white slavery.’...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe dangerous appeal of the modern slavery paradigm
Endorsing the modern slavery bill, even by seeking to include additional protections within it, supports rather than...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe role of the state and law in trafficking and modern slavery
Beyond Slavery introduces its new issue on the state and the law, elements which not only define slavery but shape...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryModern slavery bill: migrant domestic workers fall through the gaps
UK immigration rules currently prevent migrant domestic workers from changing employers. This removes these migrant...