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Volume 23, 2015 - Issue 46: Sexuality, sexual rights and sexual politics
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Features: International and regional perspectives

What the eye does not see: a critical interpretive synthesis of European Union policies addressing sexual violence in vulnerable migrants

Ines KeygnaertPostdoctoral Researcher, ICRH-Ghent University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent, BelgiumPostdoctoral Researcher, ICRH-Ghent University, Faculty of Medicine and Health [email protected]
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Aurore GuieuJunior Researcher, ICRH-Ghent University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent, BelgiumJunior Researcher, ICRH-Ghent University, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesGhentBelgium
Pages 45-55 | Received 31 May 2015, Accepted 11 Nov 2015, Published online: 08 Dec 2015

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