10 June 2022

Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling

Focus on Ukraine:

Guidance Note on addressing the risks of trafficking in human beings related to the war in Ukraine and the ensuing humanitarian crisis (GRETA, May 2022) [text]
- See also related press release.

Poland: Trafficking, Exploitation Risks for Refugees (Human Rights Watch, April 2022) [text]

Preventing human trafficking of refugees from Ukraine: A rapid assessment of risks and gaps in the anti-trafficking response (Freedom Fund, May 2022) [text]

"UN: Ukraine facing sexual violence and trafficking crisis," AP News, 6 June 2022 [text]

The War in Ukraine and Associated Risks of Human Trafficking and Exploitation (UCL & Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, April 2022) [access]

Opportunity:

Call for registration: Beyond Silos: Amplifying Marginal Voices and Underexplored Methods in Human Trafficking Research, Human Trafficking Research Network Conference 2022, 16-17 June 2022 [info]

Reports:

Climate change, migration and vulnerability to trafficking (IIED, May 2022) [text]
- Focuses on India. See also related news story.

An IOM perspective on human trafficking in Niger: Profiles, patterns, progress (IOM, June 2022) [text]

Temporary Marriage as a Vehicle for Human Trafficking: A Study of the Practice of Temporary Marriage among Syrian Refugees, Thesis (Harvard Univ., May 2022) [text]

Smuggling of Migrants on the Central Mediterranean Route: Issues, Challenges and Perspectives (IOM, Feb. 2021) [text]
- See also French version.

The use of smugglers among Ethiopian refugees and migrants in Sudan (Mixed Migration Centre, May 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

"Captives at Large: On the Political Economy of Human Containment in the Sahara," Politics & Society, vol. 50, no. 2 (2022) [Academia]

"Crossing the Binaries of Mobility Control: Agency, Force and Freedom," Social Sciences, vol. 11, no. 6 (May 2022) [open access]
- Part of a special issue on "Exploring the Interface between Human Trafficking, “Modern Slavery” and Asylum."

"Exploring the Interface between Asylum, Human Trafficking and/or ‘Modern Slavery’ within a Hostile Environment in the UK," Social Sciences, vol. 11, no. 6 (June 2022) [open access]
- Part of a special issue on "Exploring the Interface between Human Trafficking, “Modern Slavery” and Asylum."

"'God Helped Us': Resilience, Religion and Experiences of Gender-Based Violence and Trafficking among African Forced Migrant Women," Social Sciences, vol. 11, no. 5 (May 2022) [open access]
- Part of a special issue on "Exploring the Interface between Human Trafficking, “Modern Slavery” and Asylum."

"Tacking towards freedom? Bringing journeys out of slavery into dialogue with contemporary migration," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 48, no. 7 (2022) [open access]

"Trafficking and exploitation of children in fragile environments: Is prevention possible?," Intervention: International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work and Counselling in Areas of Armed Conflict, vol. 20, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

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