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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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US migration policy changes towards Haiti: hope, conflict, and human capital loss
The US government recently announced a new, multi-pronged effort to curb undocumented migration at the US-Mexico border. What does this mean for Haitian migrants in the Americas?
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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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Migration and decent work: challenges for the Global South
This policy brief builds on discussions from a MIDEQ/UNU-CPR roundtable discussion on migrant workers and decent work.
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