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Jun 27, 2011
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International law says that a person who had experienced violence or whose life has been endangered by the conditions of their transportation should be afforded protection as a victim of the crime of trafficking. But national regulations still treat many people who have gone through this as perpetrators rather than victims. Why is this the case, and how can we press the case for treatment more conscious of the need to protect human rights?
Attending a three-day workshop in Bangkok last week, on the ‘Smuggling Framework’ provided me with the best opportunity in a long while to consider the mounting tensions in international law and policy practice in tackling the problems of people caught up in the business of smuggling and trafficking. The workshop was jointly organised by the Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women (GAATW)and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Taking place in Thailand, it was able to consider migration in a part of the world where the standard of regulation is very poor and regional cooperation through the ASEANgroup still very rudimentary.
Attending a three-day workshop in Bangkok last week, on the ‘Smuggling Framework’ provided me with the best opportunity in a long while to consider the mounting tensions in international law and policy practice in tackling the problems of people caught up in the business of smuggling and trafficking. The workshop was jointly organised by the Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women (GAATW)and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Taking place in Thailand, it was able to consider migration in a part of the world where the standard of regulation is very poor and regional cooperation through the ASEANgroup still very rudimentary.
May 15, 2011
News accounts are full of stories about the dangers migrants are in during the fighting in Libya and the tensions across North Africa. But the origins of this peril extend to a period before the outbreak of fighting, to a time when some governments worked actively with Gaddafi to contain the movement of people across the Mediterranean region.
Questions are being raised about the fate of 700 immigrants detained in a prison facility in the south eastern Libyan town of Al Kufrah which was constructed with money provided by the Italian government in 2005. Forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi are reported to have seized the town from rebel fighters at the end of April.
Questions are being raised about the fate of 700 immigrants detained in a prison facility in the south eastern Libyan town of Al Kufrah which was constructed with money provided by the Italian government in 2005. Forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi are reported to have seized the town from rebel fighters at the end of April.
Jul 26, 2010
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A research project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation is looking for evidence of exploitaiton and forced labour. You can contribute to this important work.
A national research project looking at the extent of forced labour in the UK will begin work next month in drawing in accounts from workers who have been trapped in abusive employment conditions.
A national research project looking at the extent of forced labour in the UK will begin work next month in drawing in accounts from workers who have been trapped in abusive employment conditions.
Jun 17, 2010
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The Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group (ATMG) launched its first report on Britain’s performance in providing protection and support to victims of trafficking in Parliament last night. They point out that UK Anti-trafficking measures are 'not fit for purpose' and breach international law.
The group came into existence in May 2009, one month after the UK’s had commenced enactment of its obligations under the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings which it signed up to in December 2008.
The group came into existence in May 2009, one month after the UK’s had commenced enactment of its obligations under the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings which it signed up to in December 2008.
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