Agency claims risk of torture is worth it to “save lives”
By Ellie Finkelstein, Freedom United
| May 4th, 2025News Digest |
| OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS |
| Human trafficking Frontex chief claims migrants have to be returned to Libya to “save lives” Despite consistent warnings that Libya is not a safe port, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, continues to send migrants back there, funneling thousands of people into exploitative detention centers where forced labor, torture, and sexual abuse are rife. Read more… |
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| Survivor stories Virginia Giuffre, survivor and accuser of Epstein’s sexual abuse, dies by suicide Virginia Giuffre was one of Jeffrey Epstein’s earliest and most outspoken accusers. She tirelessly spoke out against sex trafficking and sexual abuse and will be remembered as a champion for other survivors. |
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| Law & policy “Huge gift to traffickers”—US considers removing legal help for unaccompanied migrant children Congress may cut legal aid for unaccompanied migrant children—a move experts call “catastrophic,” fueling trafficking, exploitation, and abuse. Stripping protections from the most vulnerable risks undoing decades of progress and handing traffickers the upper hand. Read more… |
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| Slavery in conflict The urgent need for safe migration routes from Sudan to Egypt |
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| Supply chain Eight myths keeping cocoa farmers in poverty |
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