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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790005503321

Autore

Triandafyllidou Anna

Titolo

Migrant Smuggling [[electronic resource] ] : Irregular Migration from Asia and Africa to Europe / / by Anna Triandafyllidou, Thanos Maroukis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012

ISBN

1-280-58312-6

9786613612908

0-230-36991-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Collana

Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship, , 2662-2602

Classificazione

SOC007000POL033000SOC008000SOC020000POL028000

Disciplina

364.1/37

Soggetti

Political sociology

Ethnology-Europe

Migration

Ethnicity

Political science

Political Sociology

European Culture

Social Structure, Social Inequality

Ethnicity Studies

Political Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Irregular Migration and Human Smuggling from Asia and Africa to Europe; 2 Migrant Smuggling from Africa to Spain, Italy and Malta: A Comparative Overview; 3 The Southeastern Mediterranean: The Greece-Turkey Irregular Migration System; 4 Human Smuggling from/via North Africa and Turkey to Greece; 5 Human Smuggling from/via Asia and Turkey; 6 From Greece to Europe: Migrant Smuggling from Greece Onwards; 7 Trafficking in Human Beings; 8 Migrant Smuggling: A Social Business

Annex I: List of Interviews with ProfessionalsAnnex II: List of Interviews



with Smuggled Migrants; Annex III: List of Interviews with Asian Migrants and Smugglers; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This books explores the phenomenon of irregular migration, notably the organization and role of migrant smuggling networks in aiding irregular migration from Asia and Africa to Europe. It also discusses how migration control policies in southern European countries shape the migrant smuggling phenomenon and the smuggling 'business'.