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SUMMARY:Climate change\, migration and vulnerability to trafficking
DESCRIPTION:“Join [the International Institute for Environment and Development] for a webinar to discuss a new\, groundbreaking report that details the extent and impact of climate change on distress migration and human trafficking. \nClimate change is increasing in frequency and intensity adding pressure to an already stressed system\, placing the most vulnerable countries and communities at even greater risk of harm. \nFaced with devastation\, people are forced to migrate in despair within and across borders to protect their lives\, escape from hunger\, and earn livelihoods – making them vulnerable to human trafficking and slavery. \nA new report from IIED\, developed in partnership with PHIA Foundation and Aide et action\, is among the first to provide an empirical and compelling evidence base on the links between climate change\, migration and trafficking\, and unpacks the underlying drivers that should be targeted by policymakers to deal with this nexus. \nThis groundbreaking report provides the extent and impact of climate change on distress migration and human trafficking in two diverse areas impacted by slow onset and rapid onset climatic events. This research was undertaken with funding support from the South Asia Research Hub under the Foreign\, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)\, UK. \nIIED and Anti-Slavery International are exploring how climate-driven migration and displacement puts people at an increased risk of trafficking and slavery. \nThis new evidence brings the increasingly complex and interrelated nature of climate crises into sharp focus with the view to inform the United Nations climate negotiaions (COP27) and high-level bodies such as the World Bank and the UN on the need to address climate change as a factor of distress migration\, displacement and trafficking. \nThis high-level launch event on Wednesday\, 25 May will share the findings from the report and feature a panel discussion with real-life experiences of how climate impacts are resulting in forced labour\, bonded labour\, debt bondage and exploitative working conditions.” \nSpeakers\nIntroduction \nClare Shakya\, director\, Climate Change research group\, IIED\nJasmine O’Connor OBE\, CEO\, Anti-Slavery International \nWelcome address\nSally Taylor\, director of development\, climate\, science and technology\, British High Commission\, New Delhi \nKeynote speakers\nSiobhán Mullally\, UN special rapporteur on trafficking in persons\, especially women and children\nCecilia Silva Bernardo\, climate negotiator for Angola and for the least developed countries \nPanellists\nJosh Meyer (moderator)\, domestic security correspondent\, USA Today\, and member of the advisory board for the Journalism Centre on Global Trafficking\nMamta Kohli (opening comments)\, senior social development advisor\, FCDO\nRitu Bharadwaj\, senior researcher\, Climate Change research group\, IIED\nJohnson Topno\, regional head of programme\, Partnering Hope into Action (PHIA Foundation)\, India\nUmi Daniel\, director of migration and education\, Aide et Action South Asia\, India\nDevanshu Chakravarti\, researcher and independent consultant \nKeynote speakers \nDaljeet Kaur\, climate and environment advisor\, FCDO\nRepresentatives of International Labour Organisation (ILO) \nNext steps and thanks\nAnirban Ganguly\, South Asia Research Hub (SARH) under FCDO
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SUMMARY:ONLINE RALLY: End The Hostile Environment!
DESCRIPTION:“We have had enough. The Nationality and Borders Act is just the latest cruel expansion of the Hostile Environment. This month marks ten years since the Hostile Environment was embedded into policy\, building on a colonial legacy of state racism to criminalise migrants and deny us our dignity and freedom. \nBut the state’s legacy of violence is matched by our legacy of resistance. \nThis summer\, we’re going all out. Because in the context of Britain’s violent immigration system\, there can be no bystanders. We need every person who believes in dignity and justice to take action now.\nJOIN US ON 25 MAY FOR THIS ONLINE DIGITAL RALLY: WE DEMAND AN END TO THE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT!” \nSPEAKERS INCLUDE (& MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!):\nAhammed Hussein – Muslim Public Affairs Committee (MPAC UK)\nAndrea Martinez – Kanlungan Filipino Consortium\nApsana Begum MP – MP for Poplar and Limehouse\nAsad Rehman – War on Want\nEd Wong – IWGB\nErfan – Former Resident of Napier Barracks\nGracie Mae Bradley – organiser and co-author of “Against Borders”\nHarpreet Paul – Tipping Point UK\nLoraine Mponela – Migrant Voice Ambassador and Coventry Asylum and Refugee Action Group (CARAG)\nLesbians & Gays Support the Migrants (LGSM)\nMariam Yusuf – Women Asylum Seekers Together (WAST) Manchester\nMimi Valera – Voice of Domestic Workers\nMary Atkinson – JCWI\nMaya Goodfellow – journalist and author of “Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Become the Scapegoats”\nMagda Fabianczyk – Polish Migrants Organise for Change (POMOC)\nNanou – Abolish Reporting Campaign\nRossana Leal – The Refugee Buddy Project\nSimba Mujakachi – Justice for Simba Campaign\nVeeca Smith – These Walls Must Fall\nWest London Resistance Collective\nZita Holbourne – BARAC UK\nZrinka Bralo – Migrants Organise\nWith LIVE MUSIC from AWATE!
URL:https://www.freedomunited.org/event/end-hostile-environment/
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