Today, on International Migrants Day, I fear that the pervasive characterization of migration as a “legitimate concern” is driving both [...]
Author: Ellie Finkelstein
Freedom United invites you to an event on how migration politics are killing people and exposing them to human trafficking
This event is now available to watch here. Freedom United is hosting an online webinar, Migration Politics that Kill: How governments [...]
Domestic workers in the U.K. have faced 12 years of abuse and exploitation: Kalayaan’s report demands urgent reform
By Sophie Levack, Policy Officer at Kalayaan, the U.K.’s leading charity supporting migrant domestic workers Migrant domestic workers [...]
MBS’s “vision” for Saudi Arabia relies on rampant abuse of foreign workers—like my father
This article was written by guest contributor, Ahmed Abdulumer, and was originally published by DAWN. Ahmed Abdulumer’s father, an [...]
The fight continues: U.S. states loosen child labor laws as violations keep soaring
Recent analysis shows that over the past 10 years child labor violations across the U.S. have tripled, reports the Washington Post. [...]
Abolition is an aspiration, not a fact
The terms “slavery” and “abolition” are widely recognized as referring to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, and the dates that this [...]
The U.K. Illegal Migration Act promotes trafficking and is inhumane – full stop.
October 18th is Anti-Slavery Day, a day marked to symbolize the importance of raising awareness and the need to eradicate all forms of [...]
Remembering, reckoning and repairing: the importance of teaching history for a slavery-free world
The Transatlantic Slave Trade was rooted in race. It solidified the concept of white supremacy and the systematic displacement of [...]