Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling

News:

Today is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons! The 2020 theme is "Committed to the Cause: Working on the Frontline to End Human Trafficking." For more information, check out the campaign materials on the UNODC web site. See also UNHCR's related press release.

Blog posts & press:

Humanitarian Smugglers? The EU Facilitation Directive and the Criminalisation of Civil Society (Border Criminologies Blog, July 2020) [text]

Migrant Smugglers are Profiting from Travel Restrictions (ISS Today, July 2020) [text]
- Focuses on Africa.

"Rising Migration Restrictions are Driving African Refugees into the Hands of Latin American Smugglers," Quartz Africa, 21 July 2020 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Anti-smuggling and Anti-trafficking Measures: Are They Compatible with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights?, Report and Policy Brief, no. 4 (Delmi, April 2020) [access]

*Diagnóstico sobre la Situación e Incidencia de la Trata de Personas en Contextos Humanitarios en América del Sur (IOM, July 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Feature: Trafficking and Smuggling," Forced Migration Review, no. 64 (June 2020) [open access]

Guidance Note on the Entitlement of Victims of Trafficking, and Persons at Risk of Being Trafficked, to International Protection (GRETA, June 2020) [text via Refworld]

Human Smuggling in Africa: The Creation of a New Criminalised Economy? (ENACT, July 2020) [text]

"Protecting Victims of Human Trafficking Among Mixed Migration Flows and the Link with International Protections," Gonzaga Journal of International Law, vol. 22, no. 2 (2019) [full-text]
- Includes a focus on Italy.

"Telling the Right Story at the Right Time: Women Seeking Asylum with Stories of Trafficking into the Sex Industry," Sociology, OnlineFirst, 20 July 2020 [open access]
- Focuses on the UK.

Trafficking in Persons Report 2020 (US Dept. of State, June 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]
-  "[A]nnual report [submitted] to Congress that ranks governments’ efforts to combat trafficking in persons."

Multimedia:

Future Trends in Human Smuggling and Trafficking in Africa, Webinar, 29 July 2020 [info]
- Follow link for video recording.

Human Trafficking Amid a Pandemic: Confronting the Exploitation of Fleeing Venezuelans, 30 June 2020 [info]
- Follow link for video recording.

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling (17 June 2020)