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It’s been 15 years since a universal treaty was adopted to fight human trafficking. What’s happened in that time? Here is a timeline…
A lot has transpired from 2000 when the United Nations passed, at the Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons…to this year–2015–when we saw two important initiatives–both Britain’s Modern Slavery Act and the United Nation’s adoption of 17 Sustainable Goals.
Families in US immigration detention with pending trafficking-related claims report escalating pressure to abandon legal protections and accept deportation. Throughout this year, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has used threats of family separation, criminal prosecution, and prolonged detention to force compliance. As detention numbers rise and the administration pushes to meet aggressive deportation targets, trafficking survivors say they no
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