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Thumbnail preview of ‘Never Work Alone’: Trade Unions and NGOs joining forces to combat Forced Labour and Trafficking in Europe

‘Never Work Alone’: Trade Unions and NGOs joining forces to combat Forced Labour and Trafficking in Europe

Migration and traffickingResearch reports
‘Never Work Alone’ is a guide for trade unions and other civil society organisations to jointly combat modern-day slavery and trafficking of workers. The report is the result of a two-year project in which trade unions and NGOs have looked into each other’s actions and approaches to combat slavery and labour trafficking. It examines different approaches and shows four major common grounds for action, each of them documented with a series of best practices.
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End Child Trafficking in West Africa: Lessons from the Ivorian cocoa sector

Ending child slaveryResponsible businessCôte d’IvoireMaliWestern/Central Africa

Anti-Slavery International, Paul Robson.

This report finds that trafficking of children to cocoa farms in Côte d’Ivoire still occurs. The research found significant numbers of young people in Mali and Burkina Faso who had worked as children in cocoa farms in Côte d’Ivoire in the last five years. The practices occur in the context of large-scale movements of people within the region including the trafficking of children to other agricultural activities and to other sectors.

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Trafficking for Forced Labour in Europe

Migration and traffickingEurope

Anti-Slavery International.

Report on a study in the UK, Ireland, the Czech Republic and Portugal This report looks at the various sectors and industries in which trafficking into forced labour occurs including agriculture, construction, domestic work and hospitality. Includes policy recommendations at a European level.

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MLAL Verona Conference: Compilation of Reports from the Conference on When People are Treated as Commodities in the Global Market

Anti-Slavery International.

In October 2006, Anti-Slavery International ,CICA, IEPALA, MLAL Progetto Mondo and OIKOS participated in a two-day conference in Verona, Italy, as part of the “Hands Up for Freedom” project. Partners were invited from various countries and papers were presented on topics relating to the conference theme, “When People are treated as Commodities in the Global Market”. This report is a summary of some of the information made available during the conference in Verona.

Eastern Africa Conference 2005: Report of the Eastern and Horn of Africa Conference on Human Trafficking and Forced Labour

Migration and trafficking

ANPPCAN, Anti-Slavery International.

Details the proceedings and recommendations of the conference held in Nairobi from 5-7 July 2005. The conference discussed contributing factors to trafficking and forced labour, including armed conflict, debt bondage, education and child labour, drugs and transnational crime, and national and international adoption. It also examined various regional and international responses.

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The Cocoa Industry in West Africa: A history of exploitation

Ending child slaveryResponsible businessResearch reportsCôte d’IvoireWestern/Central Africa

Anti-Slavery International.

This report provides an in-depth analysis of how cocoa is produced and how child and slave labour enter its chain of production. It relates the history of cocoa production and explores how this commodity fits within a global market. Drawing on a wide range of sources, it concludes with recommendations for consumers, the chocolate industry and governments on actions needed to address this serious problem.

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