Wednesday, July 3, 12noon, this on-line event requires advance registration

Governments are hijacking the “anti-trafficking” narrative to legitimize their anti-migration policies.

As global displacement due to conflict, persecution, and climate change rises, whilst opportunities for safe, regular migration routes close down, people are pushed to increasingly perilous journeys in search of a better, safer life.

People on the move affected by this, largely marginalized peoples and victims of discrimination, are being made more vulnerable to exploitation and human trafficking as they take greater risks to navigate complex immigration policies.

Claiming they’re fighting this issue, the E.U., U.K., and U.S. governments have turned to harsh and punitive anti-migration policies to stop migration altogether. This “logic of deterrence” only creates a market for traffickers and normalizes inhumanity towards people on the move.

We are hosting this conversation at a pivotal time just before elections in the U.K. and the U.S., with migration being the number one topic on the docket. It is time to expose the truth of how anti-trafficking narratives are being weaponized globally to justify denying asylum and protection from modern slavery, closing doors on immigration, and instead increasing migrants’ vulnerability to trafficking, exploitation, and death — all for political gain.

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Hosted by Freedom United.