Human trafficking victims can be hidden in plain sight, as one hospital found. That can lead health professionals and the public to miss clues to their plight. But education can change that.
Trucks returning from Libya to Niger.
Julien Brachet
Julien Brachet, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)
As in the Mediterranean, travel through the Sahara is difficult and unnecessarily dangerous by increased checks and control.
A refugee family who was evacuated from Libya leave an UNHCR office in Niamey, on November 17, 2017, after being interviewed by protection officers of the French Office of Protection Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA).
Sia Kambou/AFP
Virginie Guiraudon, Réseau français des instituts d’études avancées (RFIEA)
Displacing the EU’s border as far as possible from Europe: is this really a solution to mitigate the flow of migrants?
Sailors from the French Navy ship “La Somme” board a small craft after a pirate attack on a French command and supply ship in 2010.
REUTERS/HO/Stephane Dziaoba/Marine Nationale
July 30 marks the United Nations’ World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. How can computer scientists help combat this problem?
Chilean peacekeepers prepare to depart Haiti, where hurricanes and unstable governance have become major threats to the peace and safety of the populace.
United Nations Photo / flickr
From Syria’s civil war to women being traded as slaves on WhatsApp, this Global series brings together the past year’s most-read conflict reporting, written by the world’s top experts.
Farms are often reliant on migrant workers and backpackers during harvest.
AAP/Johan Palsson
New research offers a picture of what it’s like to work in Australia illegally. Many workers are exploited, some come knowing they have no work rights, others may be unaware they’re working illegally.
Migrants arrive in the coastal city of Tripoli, Libya, May 26, 2017.
Hani Amara/Reuters
Fiona McGaughey, The University of Western Australia; Dave Webb, The University of Western Australia, and Peta-Jane Hogg, The University of Western Australia
Any proposed solution to the problem of modern slavery must engage with the business community and government policies on migration and migrant labour.
Nigerian women migrating to Europe are increasingly aware that work hidden in the form of menial jobs is actually sex work, even though they cannot imagine the brutality that comes with it.
A geographical map depicting hotbeds of dark web activity related to illegal products. Larger circles indicate more activity.
Christian Mattmann