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Human trafficking, forced labor and exploitation of migrants in Russia – Global Voices
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Human trafficking, forced labor and exploitation of migrants in Russia – Global Voices

Screenshot from the trailer of the movie “Grocery Shop 24″ on YouTube, which is based on Golyanovo slavery story. The Memorial Human Rights Center, the NGO Russia Imprisoned that deals with the human right issues in Russian prisons, and the Safe House Foundation that works in the sphere of human trafficking prevention in Russia have…

Challenging the Right to Strike: the UK Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
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Challenging the Right to Strike: the UK Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

The Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, currently passing through the UK Parliament, seeks to establish minimum service levels for transport provision following widespread industrial action on the country’s railways. The UK government describes the Bill as necessary ‘to keep Britain moving during transport strikes’. While the legislation’s effectiveness has been questioned elsewhere, the Bill…

UK high court set to rule on legality of migrant deportation to Rwanda – RFI
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UK high court set to rule on legality of migrant deportation to Rwanda – RFI

Issued on: 19/12/2022 – 09:08 Judges at Britain’s High Court are set to rule on whether the UK government’s controversial plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is legal. Several asylum-seekers, aid groups and a border officials’ union are trying to stop the Conservative government acting on a deportation agreement between London and Kigali…

The Rights Removal Bill: Latest Update
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The Rights Removal Bill: Latest Update

This article is reprinted from its original location at Hope for Justice‘s website. It was pulled from their RSS feed for your education. Visit Hope for Justice’s news page by clicking here. With the transition to a new prime minister, it was announced on the 7th of September that the drafting of the Bill of…

Trafficking victims could be sent to Rwanda because of flawed screening process
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Trafficking victims could be sent to Rwanda because of flawed screening process

Lawyers have raised the alarm over the possibility of trafficking victims being sent to Rwanda by the U.K. government to have their asylum claims processed, thanks to an “inherently flawed” screening process. Trafficking victims caught up in inhumane plan The government has come under intense criticism for its plan to send people attempting to cross…

Sending asylum-seekers from Britain to Rwanda is human trafficking, an advocate says – West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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Sending asylum-seekers from Britain to Rwanda is human trafficking, an advocate says – West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Updated June 14, 2022 at 8:07 PM ET Great Britain’s plan to send asylum-seekers from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria and elsewhere on a plane to Rwanda constitutes human trafficking, an activist argues. Nearly a dozen people were scheduled to board a flight Tuesday, but the flight was halted after last-minute injunctions from the European Court…

Libya’s migrants and crimes against humanity
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Libya’s migrants and crimes against humanity

The U.N.-brokered process in Libya focused on the withdrawal of foreign mercenaries and parliamentary and presidential elections in December 2021 remains fragile. Still, the High National Elections Committee said that nominations for the presidency would start in November with voting cards distributed within weeks. Much is uncertain, including the powers of the presidency. Aside from…