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    Trafficking in Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Federation of American Scientists, 2016
    Trafficking in persons (TIP) for the purpose of exploitation is a lucrative criminal activity that is of major concern to the United States and the international community. According to the U.S. State Department, there may be as many as 20 million trafficking victims around the world at any given time.
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    Women on the run: first-hand accounts of refugees fleeing El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico

    United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 2015
    The refugee crisis currently playing out around the world is almost unprecedented in living memory. Not since World War II have so many people been forcibly displaced. While conflict in Syria and the resulting flows of people seeking safety in Europe is dominating the headlines, Central America is witness to yet another protection crisis.
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    United States immigration reform: what does it mean for Africa?

    Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2013
    Immigration reform is a highly contentious topic in the United States of America (US), a country historically described as a "melting pot" of nations but now seen more as a "salad bowl" because of its diversity.
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    The global challenge of managing migration

    Population Reference Bureau, 2013
    The number of international migrants more than doubled between1980 and 2010, from 103 million to 220 million. In 2013, the number of international migrants was 232 million and is projected to double to over 400 million by 2050.
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    The state of environmental migration 2011

    International Organization for Migration, 2012
    This report is the second volume in an annual series, which aims to provide regular assessments on the changing nature and dynamics of environmental migration. This volume focuses on cross-border displacement and the securitisation of migration.
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    Injustice on our plates: immigrant women in the U.S. food industry

    Southern Poverty Law Center, 2010
    SPLC researchers interviewed approximately 150 women who are either currently undocumented or have spent time in the U.S. as undocumented immigrants. The women all have worked in the U.S. food industry in Arkansas, California, Florida, Iowa, New York or North Carolina. A few have now obtained legal status. The interviews took place from January through March of 2010.
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    Immigrant integration in Europe in a time of austerity

    Migration Policy Institute, 2011
    Attitudes and changes to migrant integration policies are differing substantially from country to country, in light of worldwide economic recession, and also in reaction to 2009 elections across Europe.
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    Immigration detention in America: a history of its expansion and a study of its significance

    The Centre on Migration, Policy and Society at the University of Oxford, 2010
    This working paper investigates the legislative origins of the US immigration detention system. The document explains who has been subject to immigration detention, where the practice takes place, and what has lead to its rapid enlargement.
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    Building national campaigns: activists, alliances, and how change happens 

    Oxfam, 2007
    Women workers are an increasing part of the global labour force. However, they often find only poor-quality employment, thus, they are working, but remain trapped in poverty. No matter the context, many women workers face multiple challenges.
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    Pew Hispanic Center

    Pew Hispanic Center is a nonpartisan research organisation supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Its mission is to improve understanding of the U.S.

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