Featured Content
Justice
Impact of free trade agreements on migration, development and human rights: the case of Jordan
By facilitating rapid economic growth, attracting foreign investment, and creating relatively well-paying jobs for national workers, free trade agreements are often seen as a strategy for rapid development. After ratifying a free trade agreement with the United States, these were Jordan's expectations, but there have been unexpected results.
Read more
Justice
‘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.
Read more
Justice
Who is a refugee? Understanding Europe’s diverse responses to the 2015 and the 2022 refugee arrivals
In this piece, we have referred not only to geographic proximity but also to the perception of Ukrainians as culturally and ethnically similar to hosting societies in the EU as a key driver of the welcoming attitudes towards refugees from the region.
Read more
Justice
Complexity of choice in asylum seeker decision-making
In this policy brief, the authors draw on academic and policy literature, along with their experiences with asylum seekers in the United Kingdom and North Africa to propose that policymakers adopt "complexity theory" to understand the decision-making process of asylum seekers.
Read more