On the human trafficking issue
From: Vsg [mailto:vsg-bounces@mailman11.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Nicolas Lainez
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2019 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Vsg] On the human trafficking issue
Dear Joe, Calvin and list,
This event is, indeed, a tragic incident. It is everywhere in the news as suspicions emerge that many victims come from catholic districts in Nghe An province. Below is a list with the most recent news clips.
It is unlikely that this accident will change the current modern slavery/trafficking/criminalizing approach adopted by the British government and anti-trafficking NGOs like Anti-Slavery to frame undocumented migration from Vietnam (and other countries) to the UK. In fact, the opposite may happen as the accident reinforces the idea that ‘evil’ smugglers and traffickers exploit poor and defenseless migrants, which as Joe said, absolves the British government of any responsibility. A reinforcement of modern slavery and criminalizing policies will make things even more difficult for Vietnamese migrants, especially those who will attempt to cross the Channel in the future.
For those interested, I wrote a short piece about this topic in 2017 (https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/modern-vietnamese-slaves-in-uk-are-raid-and-rescue-operations-appropria/). There are also several reports about undocumented migration from Vietnam to the UK and repatriation from the UK to Vietnam. However, we are lacking solid research based in sending areas of central Vietnam and elsewhere.
Best wishes,
Nicolas Lainez, PhD
CASE / NUS
France / Singapore
trafficking vietnam
Daily update ⋅ 27 October 2019
NEWS
Vietnam PM orders probe into human trafficking allegations in UK truck deaths
CNA
Police are seen at the scene where bodies were discovered in a lorry container, in Grays, Essex, Britain on Oct 23, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Hannah ...
More Vietnamese families fear relatives among Essex lorry dead
The Guardian
Nghe An, the province where many of the potential victims are from, is one of the poorest in Vietnam and a hotspot for human trafficking, according to ...
Why do Vietnamese people make hazardous journeys to the UK?
BBC News
There are fears that at least some of the victims found dead inside a refrigerated lorry in Essex on Wednesday came from Vietnam. Anti-trafficking ...
What we know about the tragic case of 39 people found dead in a truck in England
Washington Post
The case is one of the United Kingdom's deadliest human trafficking ... Around 70 percent of Vietnamesecitizens trafficked into the U.K. between 2009 ...
Vietnamese Trafficking Expert Explains Why Essex Lorry Victims Paid To Come To UK
LBC
Many of the 39 migrants found dead in a lorry in Essex were believed to be Vietnamese - a traffickingexpert explain how and why the victims. Mimi Vu ...
Hanoi orders probe as majority of Essex truck death victims likely from Vietnam
South China Morning Post
Nghe An is one of Vietnam's poorest provinces, and home to many victims of human trafficking, who end up in Europe, according to a March report by ...
Priest: Most victims in UK death lorry may be Vietnamese
Bangkok Post
YEN THANH, Vietnam: The majority of the 39 people found dead in the ... by the Pacific Links Foundation, a US-based anti-trafficking organisation.
Vietnam working with UK to identify truck death victims
Financial Times
A number of Vietnamese migrants have been involved in cases of human trafficking cases in the UK in recent years. Some of those seeking to enter ...
Three more arrested after 39 victims found in Essex truck container
CNN International
They were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and trafficking-related ... The government source tells CNN that local authorities in Vietnam have ...
Most of 39 UK truck victims were likely from Vietnam
Jakarta Post
Some 70% of Vietnamese trafficking cases in the United Kingdom between 2009-2016 were for labour exploitation, including cannabis production and ...
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Le 27 oct. 2019 à 05:51, Joe Buckley <248264@soas.ac.uk> a écrit :
This is extremely upsetting news. There have been a couple of articles in the Guardian over the past two days that begin to implicitly question the ‘modern slavery’ narrative pushed by the UK government; a narrative which conveniently absolves the British state of any responsibility for its hostile environment policy. The problems are much deeper than Vietnamese people simply being tricked into becoming victims of trafficking. Many know that they will face dangerous journeys on the way to the UK, and poor conditions and debt bondage when they arrive, but accept this as they have few other choices:
Best,
Joe Buckley
PhD candidate in International Development, SOAS, University of London
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On Sat, 26 Oct 2019 at 15:12, Cau Thai <cvthai75@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear List,
Some members may be interested in this article:
The victim's last text message is heartbreaking to read.
According to "2018 UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery", the top 3 countries on the list are: Albania, Vietnam and China.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2018-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery
Calvin Thai
Independent Researcher
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