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The Handbook is intended to support case managers, service providers, communities, humanitarian and development actors, States and other actors working to provide protection and assistance to migrants vulnerable to violence, exploitation and abuse.
Date of publication:
31 December 2019
The report explores various sites of vulnerability where migrants are particularly susceptible to human trafficking, forced labour and modern slavery. These include private dwellings, border crossings, irregular migration routes and conflict zones.
Date of publication:
31 December 2019
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The World Migration Report 2020, the tenth in the world migration report series, has been produced to contribute to increased understanding of migration throughout the world.
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29 November 2019
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This paper contributes a conceptual and empirical reflection on the relationship between human smuggling, trafficking and kidnapping, and extortion in Libya. It is based on qualitative interview data with Eritrean asylum seekers in Italy.
Date of publication:
04 October 2019
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This briefing paper focuses on the evolving role of smugglers in West Africa’s migration economy, as well as migration and smuggling patterns in West Africa and between West and North Africa.
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11 June 2019
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The purpose of this Information Note is to provide a broad overview of the right to access justice and its specific content for migrants, regardless of their legal status, and in light of States’ obligations laid down in international instruments and relevant jurisprudence.
Date of publication:
01 June 2019
This study analyses the incidence of human trafficking among people travelling along the ‘Eastern Mediterranean route’, the ‘Balkan route’ and the ‘Central Mediterranean route’; factors of resilience to human trafficking and other abuses; and factors of vulnerability to human trafficking and other...
Date of publication:
01 February 2019
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There are those who seek to apply the experience of the war on drugs to the emerging war on migrant smugglers to warn that such a confrontation carries high costs, low chances of success and would likely lead to an escalation of violence against the migrants themselves.
Date of publication:
01 February 2019
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The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States are increasingly stepping up to address Trafficking in Human Beings (THB) and Smuggling of Migrants (SoM).
Date of publication:
01 January 2019
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This publication is meant for government officials and practitioners working on migrant protection in the East and Horn of Africa region. Its objective is to strengthen the analysis and response to migrant vulnerabilities.
Date of publication:
01 January 2019
This second volume builds on the 2016 report, covering the following countries and regions: the Middle East; Central Asia; Russian Federation; Southern Europe; Southern Africa; Mexico; Ecuador; and Canada.
Date of publication:
31 December 2018
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The global compact for migration is the first, intergovernmentally negotiated agreement, prepared under the auspices of the United Nations, to cover all dimensions of international migration in a holistic and comprehensive manner.
Date of publication:
19 December 2018
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Much of the recent debate on immigration to Europe has focused on how many refugees should be allowed to enter and how refugees should be distributed among EU member states, but there has been less academic focus on under what conditions, if any, human smuggling is morally permissible.
Date of publication:
28 September 2018
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This contribution constitutes an attempt to critically rethink the framework present in everyday narratives of irregular migration facilitation.
Date of publication:
08 August 2018
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This report builds on Migrant Smuggling in Asia (volume I) by outlining the current patterns of migrant smuggling in Asia and the Pacific and presenting evidence-based knowledge to guide policy and strengthen international cooperation.
Date of publication:
01 July 2018
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The first UNODC Global Study on Smuggling of Migrants shows that migrant smuggling routes affect every part of the world. The study is based on an extensive review of existing data and literature.
Date of publication:
01 June 2018
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This guide analyses in depth the dynamics and trends of the human-smuggling industry, focusing on migration from and through the Middle East, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa to Europe.
Date of publication:
22 May 2018
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For decades, mobility between the Sahel and northern Africa was mostly irregular, but not clandestine. Most of the border crossings were supervised and (illegally) taxed by border police; everyone knew who did what with whom, and Saharan drivers were not thought of as smugglers of people.
Date of publication:
21 February 2018
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These Principles and Guidelines provide concrete and operational guidance to assist States to design, implement and monitor migration governance measures that respect and protect the human rights of migrants in vulnerable situations.
“Financial or other material benefit” is the purpose of migrant smuggling. It is the reason behind the growing involvement of organized criminal groups in conduct that often puts the lives of vulnerable migrants in great jeopardy.
Date of publication:
01 January 2018
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