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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Triandafyllidou, A
• Loparo, Kenneth A

Titel

Migrant Smuggling: Irregular Migration from Asia and Africa to Europe

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

London: Palgrave Macmillan

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

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Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 01 02 This book explores one important aspect of international irregular migration, notably the smuggling of migrants from Asia and Africa into southern European countries. During the last two decades, international migration has intensified both across the East to West and South to North axis,with Europe receiving increasing numbers of migrants from developing countries in Africa and Asia (and also Latin America), and this work examinesthis international movement of people that oftentakes place illegally and involves either unlawful border crossings or overstaying (with or without a visa). The book also discusses how migration control policies in southern European countries may inadvertently shape the migrant smuggling phenomenon and the smuggling 'business'. 13 02 ANNA TRIANDAFYLLIDOU Professor at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, and Senior Research Fellow at ELIAMEP in Athens, Greece. She is Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. Her recent books include: Muslims in 21st Century Europe and European Multiculturalisms . THANOS MAROUKIS Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) in Athens, Greece. His books include: Migration in 21st Century Greece and Economic Migration in Greece . 02 02 This books explores the phenomenon of irregular migration, notably the organization and role of migrant smuggling networks in aiding irregular migration from Asia and Africa to Europe. It also discusses how migration control policies in southern European countries shape the migrant smuggling phenomenon and the smuggling 'business'. 19 02 Includes overone hundredinterviews with smuggled migrants, policy makers, civil society actors and intermediaries of smuggling networks Explores migrant smuggling from Asia and Africa to Europe Explores how migration control policies shape migrant smuggling and the smuggling 'business' 04 02 List of Tables, Maps and Figures Preface Acknowledgements Irregular Migration and Human Smuggling from Asia and Africa to Europe Migrant Smuggling from Africa to Spain, Italy and Malta: A Comparative Overview The South-eastern Mediterranean: The Greece-Turkey Irregular Migration System Human Smuggling from/via North Africa and Turkey to Greece Human Smuggling from/via Asia and Turkey From Greece to Europe: Migrant Smuggling from Greece Onwards Trafficking in Human Beings Migrant Smuggling: A Social Business Bibliography References Index 31 02 This book offers a compelling account of migrant smuggling from Africa and Asia to Europe