Illicit Economy

Four dangerous assumptions about human trafficking 

Migrant workers cut fish during a police inspection at the pier of Songkhla, south Thailand December 2015. Thailand's seafood industry was hit by reports of trafficked labour.

We should be more realistic about how we identify and tackle the problem of human exploitation Image: REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom

Anne Gallagher
President, International Catholic Migration Commission
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