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“It will kill your dreams, your goals, your everything”—Humanitarian migrants, governance through containment and the Italian accommodation system (2021)
Journal Article
Lumley-Sapanski, A. (2022). “It will kill your dreams, your goals, your everything”—Humanitarian migrants, governance through containment and the Italian accommodation system. Political Geography, 94, Article 102573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102573

While asylum seekers await the outcome of their claims to protection in Italy, they are dispersed to accommodation centers administered by subcontracted non-governmental agencies where they receive reception and integration services. In addition, in... Read More about “It will kill your dreams, your goals, your everything”—Humanitarian migrants, governance through containment and the Italian accommodation system.

Decent work in fisheries: Current trends and key considerations for future research and policy (2021)
Journal Article
Garcia Lozano, A. J., Decker Sparks, J. L., Durgana, D. P., Farthing, C. M., Fitzpatrick, J., Krough-Poulsen, B., …Kittinger, J. N. (2022). Decent work in fisheries: Current trends and key considerations for future research and policy. Marine Policy, 136, Article 104922. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104922

Labor issues and human rights violations have become the subject of rising concern in fisheries and seafood production. This paper reviews recent research on labor issues in the fishing industry, especially by environmental researchers and nongovernm... Read More about Decent work in fisheries: Current trends and key considerations for future research and policy.

Covid-19 and child criminal exploitation in the UK: implications of the pandemic for county lines (2021)
Journal Article
Brewster, B., Robinson, G., Silverman, B. W., & Wash, D. (2023). Covid-19 and child criminal exploitation in the UK: implications of the pandemic for county lines. Trends in Organized Crime, 26, 156-179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12117-021-09442-x

In March 2020, the UK was placed in lockdown following the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Just as legitimate workplaces made changes to enable their employees to work from home, the illicit drugs trade also made alternative arrangements, adapting its... Read More about Covid-19 and child criminal exploitation in the UK: implications of the pandemic for county lines.

The Khartoum Process and human trafficking (2021)
Journal Article
Lumley-Sapanski, A., Schwarz, K., & Valverde-Cano, A. (2021). The Khartoum Process and human trafficking. Forced Migration Review (English Edition),

The Khartoum Process’s emphasis on stopping northward migration comes at great cost to vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers.

Risk of forced labour embedded in the US fruit and vegetable supply (2021)
Journal Article
Blackstone, N. T., Norris, C. B., Robbins, T., Jackson, B., & Decker Sparks, J. L. (2021). Risk of forced labour embedded in the US fruit and vegetable supply. Nature Food, 2(9), 692-699. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00339-0

Sustainable food consumption studies have largely focused on promoting human health within ecological limits. Less attention has been paid to social sustainability, in part because of limited data and models. Globally, agriculture has one of the high... Read More about Risk of forced labour embedded in the US fruit and vegetable supply.

Growing evidence of the interconnections between modern slavery, environmental degradation, and climate change (2021)
Journal Article
Decker Sparks, J. L., Boyd, D. S., Jackson, B., Ives, C. D., & Bales, K. (2021). Growing evidence of the interconnections between modern slavery, environmental degradation, and climate change. One Earth, 4(2), 181-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.01.015

The modern slavery–environmental degradation–climate change nexus may threaten the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Globally, approximately 12.2 million workers are entrapped in modern slavery in environmentally degrading acti... Read More about Growing evidence of the interconnections between modern slavery, environmental degradation, and climate change.