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‘The biggest problem we are facing is the running away problem’: recruitment and the paradox of facilitating the mobility of immobile workers
This article analyses the relationship between domestic work placement agencies in Jordan and Lebanon and their clients (the employers) as they negotiate the recruitment of women from Bangladesh. It addresses the mechanisms of how exploitative, controlling practices are constructed and normalised by agencies in their everyday interactions with their clients as well as with workers.
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Political mobilisation and transnational solidarity brief
Overview of MIDEQ's work on political mobilisation and transnational solidarity
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Why the UK-Rwanda asylum deal risks harming global standards
Heaven Crawley reflects on the newly announced asylum partnership agreement between the UK and Rwanda and its implications for and ramifications on global standards on refugees and asylum-seekers.
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The Global Organised Crime Index (OCIndex): Combating trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants
Following the launch of the Global Organised Crime Index, MIDEQ researcher Yvonne Khor Gee Weon reflects on her experiences and discusses how the index can be used to tackle topics such as trafficking and smuggling of migrants.
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