Luigi Achilli is research associate at the European University Institute. His research and writing focus on refugee studies, irregular migration and smuggling networks, political engagement, and nationalism.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryHuman smugglers roundtable IIForget all you think you know about human smuggling. The human smugglers roundtable is back.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe call to become a smugglerHuman smugglers are widely portrayed as marketeers, yet the smuggler-migrant relationship is often coloured by moral, social, and even religious obligations. Heightened border policing has the potential to undermine all that.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryIntroducing the human smugglers roundtableHuman smuggling and irregular migration are hot topics yet poorly understood, a situation which has allowed dangerous, security-focused policies to proliferate. We ask those studying smugglers first-hand to weigh in.