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The sexual trafficking of women is an increasingly high-profile issue in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the world, with sexual trafficking stories frequently recounted in the news media, TV and film. Consequently, sexual trafficking has become a much more commonly told, and therefore, more easily recognised story, which has enabled accounts by trafficked women to be considered more credible within the British asylum system. However, in spite of the success of some women’s asylum applications, the emergence of ‘sexual trafficking’ as a commonly told story essentially has a dual effect, in that it both makes the problem visible and constructs what the problem is, effectively defining the perimeters of credibility in the British asylum system.
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Jobe, A. (2008). Sexual Trafficking: A New Sexual Story?. In: Throsby, K., Alexander, F. (eds) Gender and Interpersonal Violence. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230228429_5
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