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Welcome to the June 2008 issue of The Researcher.
About 800,000 people are trafficked across national borders every year according to US Government research. This figure does not include millions trafficked within their own countries. In this issue of The Researcher we feature two articles on the subject of trafficking. UNHCR’s Protection Officer in Dublin, Emilie Wiinblad Mathez, looks at the issue from the perspective of human rights violation and the need for protection. Two solicitors from Refugee Legal Service, Grainne Brophy and Bernadette McGonigle, examine whether or not the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill protects trafficked children. We also feature a number of other issues. Caroline O’Connor, BL writes about rape as persecution in asylum law and policy. Sheena Greene, BL reports on her time working as a volunteer last year with the Kenyan Federation of Women Lawyers. Tiffy Allen writes on asylum and culture shock. Patrick Dowling looks at the fate of India’s girl children under the spectre of foeticide. Zoe Melling, RDC Librarian writes about Digital Developments in the Refugee Documentation Centre. Summaries of significant caselaw are provided by John Stanley, BL, Mary Fagan, RDC and Ross Murphy, RDC. We also include Anastasia Stolovitskya’s winning article, The Politics of Fighting Windmills, from the 2008 JRS Journalism Competition.
Paul Daly, RDC
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