Human smuggling networks operating between Middle East and the European Union: evidence from Iranian, Iraqi and Afghani migrants in the Netherlands

"Due to its challenging nature of traditional perspectives, human smuggling is always on the agenda of decision makers, politicians, media and academia. This article focuses on human smuggling between Middle East into the European Union, especially the Netherlands. Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are the chosen countries from the region since there are increasing numbers of asylum seekers in Europe. The article briefly looks at different perspectives in the literature and then concentrates on the involvement of transnational organized crime in the process of human smuggling. Then it will try to ana... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Bilecen, Basak
Dokumenttyp: Arbeitspapier
Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
Verlag/Hrsg.: DEU
Schlagwörter: Sociology & anthropology / Social sciences / sociology / anthropology / Sozialwissenschaften / Soziologie / Anthropologie / Migration / Kriminalsoziologie / Rechtssoziologie / Kriminologie / Sociology of Migration / Criminal Sociology / Sociology of Law / Menschenhandel / Schmuggel / Nahost / EU / Niederlande / Iran / Irak / Afghanistan / organisierte Kriminalität / Asylbewerber / Netzwerk / illegale Einwanderung / Entwicklungsland / arabische Länder / Südasien / slave trade / smuggling / Middle East / Netherlands / Iraq / organized crime / asylum seeker / network / illegal immigration / developing country / Arab countries / South Asia / deskriptive Studie / descriptive study
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"Due to its challenging nature of traditional perspectives, human smuggling is always on the agenda of decision makers, politicians, media and academia. This article focuses on human smuggling between Middle East into the European Union, especially the Netherlands. Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are the chosen countries from the region since there are increasing numbers of asylum seekers in Europe. The article briefly looks at different perspectives in the literature and then concentrates on the involvement of transnational organized crime in the process of human smuggling. Then it will try to analyze organized crime perspective by network analysis." (author's abstract)