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Refugees caught in Jordan’s campaign against informal work

Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 1d

“It seems that this time they're serious about wanting all foreign workers out of the country.”

How refugees got caught in Jordan’s campaign against informal work ⤵️⤵️

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A campaign to end informal work in Jordan is making refugees’ already precarious lives more vulnerable

Disposable yet indispensable: refugees in the global economy

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Dr Ella Cockbain @drellac.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent new series on refugees in the global economy. Really thoughtful pieces across a wide range of international contexts.

Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 9d

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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Labour markets and refugees are increasingly dependent on each other, but the markets always have the upper hand

Exploitation embedded in business model of refugee support

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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 2d

‘Empowerment’ models let refugees into labour markets, but they also remove safety nets and leave room for exploitation.

Read the next instalment in our series on refugees in the global economy ⤵️

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‘Empowerment’ models let refugees into labour markets, but they also remove safety nets and invite exploitation

How Ukrainian refugees hit a glass ceiling working in Poland

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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 6d

Poland was commended for welcoming over a million Ukrainians fleeing war – but those refugees have since hit a glass ceiling ⤵️

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Poland was commended for welcoming over a million Ukrainians fleeing war – but long-term protection is lacking

Online Safety: ‘Protect kids’ is pretext for rights erosions

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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 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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We all want accountability for Big Tech, but the OSA’s moralising aims are hurting LGBTQ+ people and sex workers

Migrating taught me that class has no borders

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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 7d

Displacement from Venezuela taught me that class has no borders ⤵️

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Working as a migrant in Germany, I saw how elite migrants bypassed systems that kept the rest of us in precarity

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 · 9d

Disposable yet indispensable: refugees in the global economy

Displaced Venezuelans found support and protection in Colombia. But more must be done to prevent their exploitation

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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 8d

Ten years on, Venezuelans still face precarity in Colombia

Ten years on, Venezuelans still face precarity in Colombia

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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 8d

Displaced Venezuelans found support and protection in Colombia. Ten years on, more must be done to prevent their exploitation ⤵️

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Displaced Venezuelans found support and protection in Colombia. But more must be done to prevent their exploitation

The search for self-reliance: refugees and the working poor

Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 8d

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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Refugees deserve work that matches their skills and ambitions – yet too often job programmes are merely an exit strategy for aid

Disposable yet indispensable: refugees in the global economy

Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 9d

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 ⤵️

www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

Labour markets and refugees are increasingly dependent on each other, but the markets always have the upper hand

Thousands of rogue bosses get away with not paying tribunal awards

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 13d

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.

Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 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.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...

The government scheme ‘enforcing’ money owed to workers has been unsuccessful in a staggering three-quarters of cases

www.thebureauinvestigates.com

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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 27d

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

Racial inequities mean Black kids increasingly grow up without fathers in the US. Reparations could break the cycle

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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 22d

Reparations for racial injustice: Black fathers must be first in line

Why we’re giving incarcerated women cash relief

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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 20d

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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We’re the first project to give women in prison recurring cash support. Our long-term goal is prison abolition

Reparations: Black fathers must be first in line

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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 22d

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 ⤵️

www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

Racial inequities mean Black kids increasingly grow up without fathers in the US. Reparations could break the cycle

The US is built on stolen labour. Time to settle the debt

Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 26d

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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Trump’s trillion-dollar cuts to health and EDI show that, if racial equity is to survive, it must be constitutional

Rescue ship shooting: Where is the EU’s red line with Libya?

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Frey Lindsay @freylindsay.bsky.social · 26d

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.

Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 27d

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

www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

The Libyan Coast Guard attacked a rescue ship in international waters, but EU shows no sign of ending partnership

Rescue ship shooting: Where is the EU’s red line with Libya?

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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 27d

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

www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

The Libyan Coast Guard attacked a rescue ship in international waters, but EU shows no sign of ending partnership

Black Americans are disproportionately incarcerated and exploited with prison labour. It’s time to finish abolition

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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 28d

Prison labour: the last stronghold of slavery in the US

Prison labour: the last stronghold of slavery in the US

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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 28d

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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Black Americans are disproportionately incarcerated and exploited with prison labour. It’s time to finish abolition

Reparations offer hope in fight for our lives in the South

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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · Sep 15

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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We transferred wealth from the slave trade to survivors of racist policing. It’s a template for reparative justice

Why we need basic income as reparations for racial injustice

Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · Sep 15

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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Slavery caused stark wealth inequalities in the US – now that wealth must be returned to its rightful owners