The human rights act dictates that the UK is obliged to protect asylum seekers. So why is the home secretary ignoring it?
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The hardship of the pandemic has exposed the extreme nature of a policy the prime minister didn't even appear to know about.
Global capitalist pressures on labour markets and the search for cheaper workers can lead to slavery.
Changes to immigration rules have left migrants without family and friends in the UK trapped in immigration detention – despite being granted bail.
While the UK does not indefinitely detain children, there are cases where minors are held – and in extreme cases, separated from their parents.
Inconsistencies in how judges handle appeal cases and different levels of legal provision around the country can leave asylum seekers facing a lottery.
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Associate Professor, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer in Law, University College Cork
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Lecturer in Contemporary Slavery, Wilberforce Institute, University of Hull
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Senior Lecturer in Migration, Mobility and Development, SOAS, University of London
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Postgraduate Student and Researcher in Migration and Refugee Studies, University of Oxford
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Research Fellow, Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh
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Senior Research Associate, University of Bristol
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Professor in Human Geography, University of Exeter
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Lecturer in contemporary slavery - The Wilberforce Institute, University of Hull
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Senior Teaching Fellow, SOAS, University of London
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Postdoctoral Researcher of 'Modern Slavery' and human trafficking, University of Hull
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Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholar, Queen Mary University of London
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Lecturer in Human Geography, Macquarie University
