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Beyond Trafficking and Slavery seeks to help those trying to understand forced labour, trafficking and slavery. It is a part of @opendemocracy.net‬ Find us > opendemocracy.net/beyondslavery
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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 3d
Poland was commended for welcoming over a million Ukrainians fleeing war – but those refugees have since hit a glass ceiling ⤵️

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How Ukrainian refugees hit a glass ceiling working in Poland
Poland was commended for welcoming over a million Ukrainians fleeing war – but long-term protection is lacking
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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 4d
🚨 We all want accountability for Big Tech, but the Online Safety Act’s moralising aims are hurting LGBTQ+ people and sex workers ⤵️

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Online Safety: ‘Protect kids’ is pretext for rights erosions
We all want accountability for Big Tech, but the OSA’s moralising aims are hurting LGBTQ+ people and sex workers
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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 4d
Displacement from Venezuela taught me that class has no borders ⤵️

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Migrating taught me that class has no borders
Working as a migrant in Germany, I saw how elite migrants bypassed systems that kept the rest of us in precarity
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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 6d
Disposable yet indispensable: refugees in the global economy
Disposable yet indispensable: refugees in the global economy
Labour markets and refugees are increasingly dependent on each other, but the markets always have the upper hand
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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 5d
Ten years on, Venezuelans still face precarity in Colombia
Ten years on, Venezuelans still face precarity in Colombia
Displaced Venezuelans found support and protection in Colombia. But more must be done to prevent their exploitation
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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 5d
Displaced Venezuelans found support and protection in Colombia. Ten years on, more must be done to prevent their exploitation ⤵️

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Ten years on, Venezuelans still face precarity in Colombia
Displaced Venezuelans found support and protection in Colombia. But more must be done to prevent their exploitation
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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 6d
Refugees deserve work that matches their skills and ambitions – yet too often job programmes are merely an exit strategy for aid. Next up in our series ⤵️

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The search for self-reliance: refugees and the working poor
Refugees deserve work that matches their skills and ambitions – yet too often job programmes are merely an exit strategy for aid
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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 6d
Labour markets and refugees are increasingly dependent on each other, but the markets always have the upper hand.

Aslı Salihoğlu and @cthibos.bsky.social kicking off our new series on refugee labour in the global economy ⤵️

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Disposable yet indispensable: refugees in the global economy
Labour markets and refugees are increasingly dependent on each other, but the markets always have the upper hand
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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 10d
Legislation is only part of the puzzle. Without access to justice and *enforceable* remediation, the cards are stacked against workers. Read these shocking cases of workers left without a penny, despite winning at tribunal against their former employers.
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Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 10d
🚨 Our new investigation out today reveals how thousands of people who've taken their bosses to employment tribunals & won, never got paid, even after they approached the government for help.

This has serious implications for the Employment rights bill.
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Thousands of rogue bosses get away with not paying tribunal awards
The government scheme ‘enforcing’ money owed to workers has been unsuccessful in a staggering three-quarters of cases
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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 24d
Rescue ship shooting: Where is the EU’s red line with Libya?
Rescue ship shooting: Where is the EU’s red line with Libya?
The Libyan Coast Guard attacked a rescue ship in international waters, but EU shows no sign of ending partnership
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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 19d
Reparations for racial injustice: Black fathers must be first in line
Reparations for racial injustice: Black fathers must be first in line
Racial inequities mean Black kids increasingly grow up without fathers in the US. Reparations could break the cycle
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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 17d
This is the first project to give women in prison recurring cash support. Their long-term goal is prison abolition.

From Andrea James of the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, in the last instalment of our series ⤵️

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Why we’re giving incarcerated women cash relief
We’re the first project to give women in prison recurring cash support. Our long-term goal is prison abolition
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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 19d
Racial inequities mean Black kids increasingly grow up without fathers in the US. Reparations could break the cycle.

Read the latest piece in our series on reparations for racial injustice ⤵️

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Reparations: Black fathers must be first in line
Racial inequities mean Black kids increasingly grow up without fathers in the US. Reparations could break the cycle
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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 23d
The US is built on stolen labour. It’s time to settle the debt ✍️ Richard Wallace, Equity and Transformation

Read part 4 of our series ⤵️

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The US is built on stolen labour. Time to settle the debt
Trump’s trillion-dollar cuts to health and EDI show that, if racial equity is to survive, it must be constitutional
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Frey Lindsay @freylindsay.bsky.social · 24d
Everybody knows the Libyan Coast Guard is involved in the mass abuse/torture/murder of people in Libya. Over the years this hasn't been enough for the EU to break off its partnership. The LCG is now targeting NGOs - apparently that used to be a Commission red line, but we'll see if it still is.
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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 24d
The Libyan Coast Guard fired hundreds of bullets at a rescue ship. The European Commission had suggested direct fire would be a ‘red line’. Now the line has been crossed, they show no signs of ending the partnership with Libya. ✍️ @freylindsay.bsky.social

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Rescue ship shooting: Where is the EU’s red line with Libya?
The Libyan Coast Guard attacked a rescue ship in international waters, but EU shows no sign of ending partnership
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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 24d
The Libyan Coast Guard fired hundreds of bullets at a rescue ship. The European Commission had suggested direct fire would be a ‘red line’. Now the line has been crossed, they show no signs of ending the partnership with Libya. ✍️ @freylindsay.bsky.social

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Rescue ship shooting: Where is the EU’s red line with Libya?
The Libyan Coast Guard attacked a rescue ship in international waters, but EU shows no sign of ending partnership
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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 25d
Prison labour: the last stronghold of slavery in the US
Prison labour: the last stronghold of slavery in the US
Black Americans are disproportionately incarcerated and exploited with prison labour. It’s time to finish abolition
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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 25d
Black Americans are disproportionately incarcerated and exploited with prison labour. It’s time to finish the work of abolition ✍️ @biancatylek.bsky.social ⤵️

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Prison labour: the last stronghold of slavery in the US
Black Americans are disproportionately incarcerated and exploited with prison labour. It’s time to finish abolition
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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 27d
The ACLU of Louisiana transferred wealth from the slave trade to survivors of racist policing. It’s a template for reparative justice ⤵️

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Reparations offer hope in fight for our lives in the South
We transferred wealth from the slave trade to survivors of racist policing. It’s a template for reparative justice
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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 27d
Slavery caused stark wealth inequalities in the US – now that wealth must be returned to its rightful owners ✍️ Nika Soon-Shiong at the Fund for Guaranteed Income ⤵️

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Why we need basic income as reparations for racial injustice
Slavery caused stark wealth inequalities in the US – now that wealth must be returned to its rightful owners
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · Aug 28
On Sunday, the migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking was attacked by armed men in international waters.

The assailants: the Libyan Coast Guard, sponsored by the European Union to police the Mediterranean.
Libya’s EU-Backed Coast Guard Attacked a Migrant Rescue Ship
On Sunday, the migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking was attacked by armed men in international waters. The assailants: the Libyan Coast Guard, sponsored by the European Union to police the Mediterranean.
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Focus on Labour Exploitation @focusonlabour.bsky.social · Sep 2
“Ultimately workers and employers both need to know that the workers have the option to withdraw their labour and find another job, and won’t lose their immigration status or risk destitution if they are unable to work"

- @focusonlabour.bsky.social, in this new piece by @freylindsay.bsky.social
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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · Aug 29
Kate Roberts @focusonlabour.bsky.social says the Employment Rights Bill (due back in parliament) “won’t do much” for seasonal workers. She says it's essentially incompatible with Labour’s commitment to improving labour standards. ✍️ @freylindsay.bsky.social
Seasonal workers: no halt to exploitation as scheme expands
Migrant workers’ legal precarity reveals incompatibility of Labour’s policies on worker’s rights and immigration
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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · Aug 29
Kate Roberts @focusonlabour.bsky.social says the Employment Rights Bill (due back in parliament) “won’t do much” for seasonal workers. She says it's essentially incompatible with Labour’s commitment to improving labour standards. ✍️ @freylindsay.bsky.social
Seasonal workers: no halt to exploitation as scheme expands
Migrant workers’ legal precarity reveals incompatibility of Labour’s policies on worker’s rights and immigration
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Focus on Labour Exploitation @focusonlabour.bsky.social · Aug 28
With the Employment Rights Bill shortly pack in parliament the UK needs to make sure that restrictive work visas don't leave workers unable to access rights. All workers, including those on the UK's seasonal worker visa, need to be able to access rights in practice
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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · Aug 28
Migrant workers’ legal precarity reveals the incompatibility of Labour’s policies on worker’s rights and immigration.

How seasonal workers continue to face exploitation as the visa scheme expands ✍️ @freylindsay.bsky.social ⤵️

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Seasonal workers: no halt to exploitation as scheme expands
Migrant workers’ legal precarity reveals incompatibility of Labour’s policies on worker’s rights and immigration
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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · Aug 28
Migrant workers’ legal precarity reveals the incompatibility of Labour’s policies on worker’s rights and immigration.

How seasonal workers continue to face exploitation as the visa scheme expands ✍️ @freylindsay.bsky.social ⤵️

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Seasonal workers: no halt to exploitation as scheme expands
Migrant workers’ legal precarity reveals incompatibility of Labour’s policies on worker’s rights and immigration
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