17 June 2020

Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling

Blog posts & press:

Smuggling of Migrants: The Misused Spirit of the Palermo Protocol, in the Light of the Nigerien Experience (Border Criminologies Blog, May 2020) [text]

"Traffickers Demand Payments for Rohingya Stranded at Sea," Reuters, 15 June 2020 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

COVID-19 Impact on Trafficking in Persons, A Protection, Gender & Inclusion (PGI) Technical Guidance Note (IFRC, June 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related factsheet.

Framework Document: Developing Standard Operating Procedures to Facilitate the Identification and Protection of Victims of Trafficking (IOM & UNHCR, June 2020) [text]

How COVID-19 Restrictions and the Economic Consequences are Likely to Impact Migrant Smuggling and Cross-border Trafficking in Persons to Europe and North America (UNODC, May 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Impact of COVID-19 on Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela Vulnerable to Human Trafficking and Smuggling (R4V, June 2020)
- See "Key Messages to Community, Refugees and Migrants" in English and Spanish and "Key Messages to Government Authorities and Law Enforcement Agencies" in English and Spanish.

"Risk Factors to the Sex Trafficking Victimization of Female Refugees," MUNDI: Global Studies Society Undergraduate Research Journal, vol. 1, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

Stranded: The Impacts of COVID-19 in Irregular Migration and Migrant Smuggling, MPC Policy Brief, no. 20 (European Univ. Institute, May 2020) [text]
- See also related blog post.

"Traditional 'Juju Oath' and Human Trafficking in Nigeria: A Human Rights Perspective," De Jure Law Journal, vol. 52, no. 1 (2019) [open access]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling - Pt. 1 (5 May 2020)
Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling - Pt. 2 (5 May 2020)


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