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 into country-related as well as international developments and structures in the area of human smuggling and trafficking in migrants

Publications

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. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2006.00380.x

Keyword/s

#TraffickingInHumanBeings

Project Contact

Veronika Bilger Albert Kraler

Region/s

Europe and Northern America

Countries

Austria

Germany

Italy

Netherlands

Spain

Switzerland