Migrant, refugee, smuggler, savior
By: Peter Tinti and Tuesday Reitano
Contributors: Reitano, Tuesday, author
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9780190668594
Subjects: Refugees; Human smuggling
Description: When states, charities, and NGOs either ignore or are overwhelmed by movement of people on a vast scale, criminal networks step into the breach. This book explains what happens next.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-317) and index.
Table of contents: title: Smugglers needed. Options in exile ; Seeking asylum : rights and privileges ; Smuggler or savior; title: Smugglers Inc. A transnational crime ; The business model of human smuggling; title: Structure and design. In on the ground floor ; The logisticians ; Moving money ; Forging a new identity; title: Routes. Central Mediterranean route ; Aegean route through Turkey; title: Libya : out of Africa. Criminal economies in Libya and the greater Sahara ; Syrian dollars on Libyan shores ; Mare Nostrum changes the game ; Extortion and abuse; title: Egypt : the north coast. The long trip to Italy ; Cooperation and complicity; title: Desert highway : Agadez and the Sahel. Understanding the Sahel ; Niger, Agadez, and the West ; New masters ; Everybody is eating; title: Turkey : the crossroads. Izmir ; The mob : criminal markets consolidation ; The $6 billion question; title: Schengen and beyond. Cracks in the fortress ; Greek tragedy ; Balkan odyssey ; Dead ends of Europe; title: The world we live in ; Postcards from the front ; Wider ramifications ; Closing an industry : supply and demand ; Messaging to the market ; Diplomatic solutions ; Vested interests ; On the demand side.