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| Title | British policy on human trafficking : the role of non-governmental organisations in seeking change / Rebecca Powell |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Abstract | This
thesis looks at the role of British anti-trafficking NGOs in the
development of the British policy response to human trafficking.
Anti-trafficking NGOs are classified as insiders in the policy process
which allows them access to the decision makers during policy
developments. Through their insider status, NGOs have promoted their
policy agenda for a victim-centred, balanced policy response to human
trafficking to the government. A balanced policy response to human
trafficking that contains a law enforcement approach with adequate and
supportive measures for the protection and support of trafficked
victims, has been internationally hailed as being required to tackle
human trafficking at a national level. Although the British government
has welcomed the input of NGOs in policy developments in response to
human trafficking in Britain, the government's primary association of
human trafficking with illegal immigration has prevented NGOs from
achieving influential success. This thesis argues that the government's
associations of human trafficking with illegal immigration have
prevented it from further developing its human rights response to
trafficking. A victim-centred approach to trafficking will support the
existing law enforcement response in achieving an increase in successful
prosecutions against the traffickers. Further, it is noted that policy
developments in Britain are incremental and slow and the development of a
policy response to human trafficking is no exception. By looking at the
latest stage of British policy developments on human trafficking, the
possibility of a balanced response has emerged for the first time.
However, although the government has indicated its commitment to
achieving such a response, no practical policy initiatives have been
developed or implemented to affirm this commitment. This thesis
contributes to the existing and growing body |
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literature on human trafficking policy in the UK. It aims to contribute
to an understanding of how British anti-trafficking NGOs have used their
status as insiders in the policy making process in order to influence
policy developments, and to understand the limited success that they
have experienced. |
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| Type | Thesis (M.A.)--University of Western Australia, 2009 |
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