What does the EU sacrifice when it prioritises migration management in negotiations with countries of origin and transit?
How does raising the costs of human smuggling make it more likely for migrants to fall into the hands of organised crime?
Are border fortifications/restrictions a useful or counterproductive response to mass movements of people?
We need policies that take seriously the complexity of migrant-smuggler relationships.
How does anti-trafficking policies lead to the separation of families?
How does raising the costs of human smuggling make it more likely for migrants to fall into the hands of organised crime?
Why are military tools being deployed against a humanitarian crisis on the US-Mexico border?
When happiness is a daughter in Europe, anti-trafficking policies don’t save you.
Migrants moving north from the Horn of Africa face uncertainty and violence at every step of their journeys. To minimise the risks they have created thick networks of help and know-how.
Changing country outside of legal pathways relies on trust and community support, yet the ties that bind become more tenuous the farther a migrant is from home.
The emergency management of migration crises tends to focus on policing while overlooking the broader socio-economics that both support smuggling and push people into the hands of smugglers.
Indonesian fishermen started smuggling people to Australia after their other sources of income dried up, even though it often meant jail time. Indeed, that was part of their livelihood strategy.
