Objectives
• To identify contexts of origin
• To describe different types and patterns of smuggling organizations
• To explain the dynamics of smuggling operations from a sociological perspective
Outcomes
• Collection of specific information for each participating country (expert interviews, court file analysis, interviews with smuggled migrants)
• Elaboration of a common theoretical and analytical frame-work
• Development of an international theoretical perspective providing insights in country-related as well as international developments and structures in the area of human smuggling and trafficking in migrants
Duration: March 2002 - February 2005
Funded by: Austrian Science Foundation (FWF)
Contact: Veronika Bilger (currently on leave of absence), Albert Kraler (ICMPD)
Project partners: research institutions from 6 European countries (Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Switzerland)
Bilger, Veronika/Hofmann, Martin/Jandl, Michael (2006): Human Smuggling as a Transnational Service Industry: Evidence from Austria. In: International Migration, Vol. 44, Issue 4, pp. 59-94