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Europe’s Digital Border Management and its Implications for Asylum Seekers

Europe’s Digital Border Management and its Implications for Asylum Seekers

Louise Pyne-Jones
5 August 202122 August 2021 by Louise Pyne-Jones

All around the world, a large number of people are constantly on the move and fleeing their home countries due to conflict, civil unrest, and instability. Over the last decade, the number of people seeking asylum in the European Union (EU) has increased exponentially. … Read more →

Listening to survivors to develop a strategy to #EndHumanTrafficking

Listening to survivors to develop a strategy to #EndHumanTrafficking

Lavinia Spieß
29 July 202122 August 2021 by Lavinia Spieß

30 July 2021, marks the 8th World Day against Trafficking in Persons. The theme of this year, “Victims’ Voices Lead the Way”, puts victims of human trafficking at the centre and highlights how important it is to listen and learn from survivors of human trafficking.  … Read more →

To sink or swim in the Fragrant Harbour

To sink or swim in the Fragrant Harbour

Lavinia Spieß
23 July 202122 August 2021 by Lavinia Spieß

“It’s a very fluid situation,” said Tara Joseph, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong earlier this year. Water has always been fundamental to Hong Kong for trade and its name comes from a phonetic translation of the Cantonese for Fragrant Harbour … Read more →

Women’s rights to their own body choices

Women’s rights to their own body choices

Lavinia Spieß
22 July 202122 August 2021 by Lavinia Spieß

11 July marks World Population Day and this year that covers an estimated 7.7 billion of us. In less than a decade, that number will have climbed to approximately 8.5 billion. However around the world a woman’s womb is becoming a political battleground as fertility rates fluctuate and policy responses often … Read more →

The Silencing of Journalists in Mexico

Louise Pyne-Jones
7 July 2021 by Louise Pyne-Jones

Mexico has been crowned as the deadliest country in the world for those exercising a fundamental human right: the right to inform. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reports that at least 21 journalists have disappeared in Mexico since 2003, representing the highest figure in the Americas … Read more →

Kenmore Street neighbourhood watch: Keeping the Home Office from the door

Seth Farsides
1 July 2021 by Seth Farsides

On the 13th of May 2021, Mechanic Lakhvir Singh and Chef Sumit Sehdev found themselves detained by Home Office enforcement officers, on suspicion of overstaying their visas … Read more →

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