Introduction to the Focus ‘Gender-related vulnerabilities: new challenges for the protection of migrants and asylum seekers’

Abstract

The Focus on the gender-related vulnerabilities of migrants and asylum seekers has been launched by the Diema Group of Interest of the Italian Society of International and European Union Law to cover a wide range of issues concerning gender-related migration, including the reasons that lead individuals to leave their country of origin, the heightened risks they encounter during their journey, and the need for specific protection upon arrival. The result is the publication of a Focus made by 8 articles written in Italian, English and Spanish on topics that consider genderbased vulnerability in light of the new CEAS System, and, more generally, the need to follow an international approach in dealing with gender vulnerabilities, whether they concern asylum seekers, migrants victims of trafficking or victims of labour exploitation.