Unfreedom Papers

What is it about?

When human trafficking victims are identified in destination countries (like the UK), they enter a legal process to access humanitarian protection. But their capacity to access this protection often depends on how well they can prove and document their experience of trafficking.

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Why is it important?

This is an important contribution to the new scholarship on human trafficking because it identifies the importance of documentation and proof in the decision-making process, and the heavy burden thus placed on the refugee to prove their experience of trafficking.

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