02 April 2007

Human Trafficking-Refugee Nexus

A proposal was put forth at a recent Informal Consultative Meeting of the Standing Committee for an "Executive Committee Conclusion on the Protection of Victims of Trafficking Seeking Asylum." Several perspectives on the intersection between human trafficking and refugee/asylum issues are represented in the literature. The following examples highlight some of these viewpoints:

Morrison, J., FMO Research Guide: Human Smuggling and Trafficking, October 2002 [text]

Morrison, J. and B. Crosland, "The trafficking and smuggling of refugees: the end game in European asylum policy?," New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 39, April 2001 [text]

Shearer Demir, J., "The trafficking of women for sexual exploitation: a gender-based and well-founded fear of persecution?," New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 80, March 2003 [text]

Schlapkohl, L., Human Trafficking and the Common European Asylum System: Victim Protection and Assistance in the European Union, Master's Thesis, Tufts University, April 2006 [text]

UNHCR, Guidelines on International Protection: The application of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees to victims of trafficking and persons at risk of being trafficked, HCR/GIP/06/07, 7 April 2006 [text]

Women's Commission, "Protecting Displaced Women and Girls from Trafficking," Protection Program [access]

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