26 January 2026

Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling

Short pieces:

The Attorney–Smuggler Analogy: Parallel Economies of Mobility at the US–Mexico Border (Border Criminologies Blog, Nov. 2025) [text]

The discursive construction of Albanian migrants and the erosion of modern slavery protection (Border Criminologies Blog, Dec. 2025) [text]
- Focuses on the UK.

The Global Alliance to Counter Migrant Smuggling reinforces its commitments in its second Conference (European Commission, Dec. 2025) [text]

Reports:

Decriminalizing Migrant Smuggling (SSRN, Aug. 2025) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

How Smuggling Really Works: Drivers, Operations, and Impacts (Mixed Migration Centre, Dec. 2025) [access]
- Follow link for report and recording of related panel discussion.

Protecting the Vulnerable: An IRC Brief on Displacement and TIP in Central Africa (International Rescue Committee, Nov. 2025) [text]

Strengthening Responses to Migrant Smuggling (UN Network on Migration, Dec. 2025) [access]

Journal articles:

"From Engagement to Co-Production: Lived Experience and Research for Policy on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking," Journal of Human Trafficking, Latest Articles, 7 Dec. 2025 [open access]

"Fugitive Junctures: Life-Seeking, Route-Finding and the Mobile Ensemble at Kenya's Borders," Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Early View, 19 Dec. 2025 [open access]

"Human Trafficking: Challenges and Innovative Approaches for Research, Policy and Practice," Journal of Criminal Law, OnlineFirst, 21 Jan. 2026 [free full-text]
- Introduction to forthcoming special issue.

"The lived experiences of Ethiopian women trafficked to the Middle East: Departure motives, gender-specific trauma, and coping strategies," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 13 (2026) [open access]

"Trust at Work: Lessons Learned from Co-Researchers Who Have Experienced Human Trafficking," International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 24 Dec. 2025 [open access]

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