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Why the UK-Rwanda asylum deal risks harming global standards
Heaven Crawley reflects on the newly announced asylum partnership agreement between the UK and Rwanda and its implications for and ramifications on global standards on refugees and asylum-seekers.
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Looking at home from afar: Right to vote for overseas Nepalese workers
Can you please let me know any kind of object, word, or symbol that you can think of to represent your vote or represent you the best about your political and voting rights?
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‘The biggest problem we are facing is the running away problem’: recruitment and the paradox of facilitating the mobility of immobile workers
This article analyses the relationship between domestic work placement agencies in Jordan and Lebanon and their clients (the employers) as they negotiate the recruitment of women from Bangladesh. It addresses the mechanisms of how exploitative, controlling practices are constructed and normalised by agencies in their everyday interactions with their clients as well as with workers.
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Impact of free trade agreements on migration, development and human rights: the case of Jordan
By facilitating rapid economic growth, attracting foreign investment, and creating relatively well-paying jobs for national workers, free trade agreements are often seen as a strategy for rapid development. After ratifying a free trade agreement with the United States, these were Jordan's expectations, but there have been unexpected results.
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