Beyond Slavery
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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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“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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Refugees caught in Jordan’s campaign against informal work
A campaign to end informal work in Jordan is making refugees’ already precarious lives more vulnerable
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drellac.bsky.social
Excellent new series on refugees in the global economy. Really thoughtful pieces across a wide range of international contexts.
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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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‘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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Exploitation embedded in business model of refugee support
‘Empowerment’ models let refugees into labour markets, but they also remove safety nets and invite exploitation
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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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labourlabel.bsky.social
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.
mellino.bsky.social
🚨 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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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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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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freylindsay.bsky.social
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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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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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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