“We know that vulnerability is not distributed evenly. Vulnerability hits the socially marginalized hardest, and it falls hardest on the margins of marginalized.”— Mario Bruzzone, Policy Advisor in the Women’s Refugee Commission’s Migrant Rights and Justice program 

Did you catch our online event on Migration Politics that Kill: How governments exacerbate human trafficking?   You can watch the full event here.

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“Looking at the British approach to anti-trafficking, it’s an extremely carceral approach. So you have the bad trafficker on one side and then the vulnerable victim on the other side. And that dynamic removes the problem from its systemic context.” — Francesca Humi, Writer on border and state violence, migrant domestic workers’ rights, U.K. modern slavery

At the beginning of the discussion, 70% of the audience said they were somewhat aware of current migration policies, with 91 % believing that stricter border control is not the answer by the end. How about you? Share your comments and keep the dialogue going.  You can also take a deeper dive into further resources mentioned during the event:  https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/the-silent-serial-killer-391-deaths-in-25-years-at-the-uk-border/ https://humanrightsfirst.org/library/fatally-flawed-remain-in-mexico-policy-should-never-be-revived/ https://www.wola.org/analysis/kidnapping-migrants-asylum-seekers-texas-tamaulipas-border-intolerable-levels/  If you enjoyed the webinar and found the information helpful, please consider making a small donation to support the next event.  If you have any suggestions for future topics, send us an email!

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“We work with people who are refused asylum. They are banned from working, as are nearly all asylum seekers in the U.K. we see people who are forced into domestic servitude and sexual exploitation as a result of it.”— Sophie Cartwright, Senior Policy Officer at the Jesuit Refugee Service U.K., Research Associate at the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford

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Ellie and the team that supports the Freedom United community.

Ellie Finkelstein Campaigner and News Editor, Freedom United