Short pieces:
Can smugglers be rescuers? (RLI Blog, April 2026) [text]
Libya: Western forces shut down clandestine boat factory but migrant flows reroute eastward (InfoMigrants, May 2026) [text]
Statement of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, International Migration Review Forum (OHCHR, May 2026) [text]
Reports:
Crimes at Sea and the Jurisdiction Problem: Why Maritime Criminal Accountability Fails Migrants and Refugees, School of Law Working Paper (Univ. of Ghana, May 2026) [text]
Evidence from the Atlantic Route: Migrant smuggling and risks on journeys to the Canary Islands (Mixed Migration Centre, May 2026) [text]
Journal articles:
"Autonomy of migrant smuggling: legal absurdities in the criminalisation of family reunification and solidarity with asylum seekers," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 14 May 2026 [open access]
- "Based on a socio-legal analysis of over a hundred court rulings in Finland."
"Decriminalizing Migrant Smuggling," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 39, no. 3 (Spring 2025) [full-text]
- Focuses on the US.
"Forced migration and human trafficking: survivors’ narratives of strength and survival upon first arrival in Germany," International Journal for Equity in Health, 25:125 (May 2026) [open access]
"Twenty-Five years on: anti-trafficking, shifting policy regimes and failure," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 12 May 2026 [open access]
- Focuses on Southeast Asia.
"The U Visa at 25: Legislative Missteps, Bureaucratic Neglect, and Geographic Roulette," NYU Law Review Online (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]
- Focuses on the US.
"Who is Smuggler? Contradictory Positions and Unsettled Roles in Smuggling Assemblage on the Balkan Route," Global Networks, vol. 26, no. 3 (July 2026) [open access]
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