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Research into experiences of forced labour/exploitation was conducted with migrant workers in the food industry across England and Scotland. A deeper understanding of the circumstances under which forced labour/exploitation occur and how it is organised is now available.

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Tenaganita will continue to defend human rights and not be cowed by intimidation or harassment, said its executive director Dr Irene Fernandez. Fernandez, who could be investigated under the Sedition Act over her recent statements, also slammed the “speediness” in investigating reports made against her compared to those on the abuse of migrant workers. read more

>> Original article at december18.

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Hundreds of thousands of immigrant farmworker women and girls in the United Statesface a high risk of sexual violence and sexual harassment in their workplaces because US authorities and employers fail to protect them adequately, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

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>> Original article at december18.

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As dusk settles over the isolated Saharan town Kufra, young guards order a few hundred migrants lined up at a detention centre to chant “Libya free, Chadians out”, before they kneel down for evening prayers. Most of the prisoners in the small, squalid compound called the Freedom Detention Centre – run by Kufra’s military council – are from Chad.

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Migrant workers have played a central part in the economic success story of many South-East Asian countries in recent years. As these countries have embraced the ‘outwards turn’ of export orientation, migrant workers have provided a regular source of cheap labour that has allowed their manufacturing industries to compete successfully on world markets.  read more

>> Original article at december18.

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The fifth WSFM will carry the theme “Mobility, Rights and Global Models: Looking for Alternatives.” The Forum aims to strengthen the process, protest movements and organizations around the world fighting for integration and full exercise of rights of men, women, youth, children and girls who migrate after the hope of a dignified and just under one full human development. read more

>> Original article at december18.

The current British immigration policy under the conservative-liberal government aims to ‘limit non-EU economic migrants, …reduce inflow, [and] minimise abuse of all migration routes’ (Home Office, undated). In an integrating world with ever increasing trade, travel and migration, this, notably the aim to ‘reduce inflow’ seems like an absurd statement trying at turning back the clock, ignoring the factual and aiming at the impossible.

>> Original article at BlogAsile <<

>> Original article at BlogAsile <<

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This issue brief, the first in a series launched by MPI and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) that examines migration trends and issues in Asia, discusses labor migration from the 11 Colombo Process countries (which include China, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Vietnam).