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Work, borders and mobility: The Torres Strait as a fluid borderland

By Sana Nakata and Felecia Watkin Lui and Adrian Little

Issue 34 // 27th January 2026

The Torres Strait is a historically fluid Indigenous borderland where mobility, work and identity have long been shaped by overlapping colonial, national and Indigenous governance systems, producing a diaspora in which movement remains a strategic expression of belonging rather than departure. Read more of the article

The constitutive and discursive role of borders in neoliberal settler-colonialism

By Jonathan Preminger

Issue 34 // 27th January 2026

The article argues that in Israel–Palestine borders function less as markers of sovereignty than as tools that manage, depoliticise and exploit Palestinian labour while sustaining the fiction of a conflict between two separate states within a settler-colonial system. Read more of the article

The Modern Slavery Act: 10 years on

By Chris Pesterfield

Issue 33 // 13th October 2025

Ten years on, the UK’s Modern Slavery Act remains a landmark law that raised awareness but failed to meaningfully reduce exploitation, revealing deep tensions between labour rights, immigration policy, and genuine corporate accountability. Read more of the article

Migrant Workers’ Future Looks Daunting: Reforming the Sponsored Visas System Can Change That

By Dora-Olivia Vicol

Issue 33 // 13th October 2025

Migrant workers are vital to the UK economy, but since Brexit, the government’s restrictive employer-sponsored visa system has enabled widespread exploitation, deepened worker vulnerability, and undermined progressive labour reform. Read more of the article

Building Better Systems for Survivors of Exploitation

By Nina Briggs

Issue 33 // 13th October 2025

Modern slavery in the UK, especially in Northern Ireland, persists due to systemic neglect, slow justice, and inadequate survivor support, leaving victims trapped while abusers go unpunished. Read more of the article

Everything Everywhere All at Once: Where is the “Modern Slavery” Agenda Heading?

By Pankhuri Agarwal and Sharmila Parmanand

Issue 33 // 13th October 2025

The modern slavery agenda has shifted from protecting workers’ rights to serving political and corporate interests through surveillance, border control, and spectacle, while ignoring the structural causes of exploitation. Read more of the article

Reflections and recommendations from the second U.K. Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner

By Dame Sara Thornton

Issue 33 // 13th October 2025

Dame Sara Thornton warns that political neglect and the conflation of slavery with immigration have weakened victim protection and enforcement, calling for stronger business accountability, independent oversight, and preventive labour reforms. Read more of the article

Graves into Gardens

By Brandon Thomas

Issue 33 // 13th October 2025

Ending modern slavery requires seeing survivors as people first and embedding their lived experience, dignity, and leadership into laws, workplaces, and business practices. Read more of the article

Editorial

By Duncan U Fisher and Vanessa Beck

Issue 32 // 30th July 2025

This issue explores how continuity and change shape caring relationships, revealing a gap between the ideal of consistent care and the often fragmented realities faced by care providers and recipients across diverse settings. Read more of the article

Polly Morland’s A Fortunate Woman and care continuity in adult social care 

By Duncan U Fisher

Issue 32 // 30th July 2025

Duncan U. Fisher, discusses how Polly Morland’s' A Fortunate Woman' highlights the vital role of care continuity in healthcare and calls attention to its neglect in undervalued adult social care work. Read more of the article