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Human smuggling in Africa: the creation of a new criminalised economy?

Knowledge Platform

Human smuggling in Africa: the creation of a new criminalised economy?

Governments need to ensure responses to migration and human smuggling don’t make it more dangerous for migrants and more lucrative for criminals. Mobility has been a key facet of resilience across much of the African continent throughout its history, and those on the move have long relied on the support of smugglers to facilitate the journey. However, the birth of the modern migrant smuggling industry as a multi-million global business is much more recent, as is the perception of the migrant smuggler as a highly organised criminal figure.

Date of Publication
Type of Resource
Target Audience
Government
Source / Publisher
Enhancing Africa’s Response to Transnational Organized Crime (ENACT)
European Union
Language
English
Geographic Scope
Regional
Region
Africa
Workstream Output
No
Regional Review Process
No
GCM Objectives
Cross Cutting Theme
Human rights
Whole-of-society approach
Keywords
Smuggling of migrants
Status
Published

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