Search Results - subject:"transit migration"

Transit Migration and Crime: Evidence from Colombia

Rey, Ramón; Schulze, Günther G.; Zakharov, Nikita - 2024

This paper investigates the effect of Venezuelan transit migration on crime rates in Colombia. We exploit the reopening … of the Venezuela-Colombia border in 2016, which has led to a surge in transit migration, and geospatial information about … propensity score matching, we find that transit migration increased property crime rates in crossed municipalities, with both …

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Transit migration and crime evidence from Colombia

Rey, Ramón; Schulze, Günther G.; Zakharov, Nikita - 2024

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Exploring the "blurred boundary": Human smuggling and trafficking on the Central Mediterranean Route to Europe

Bish, Alexandre; Cockbain, Ella; Walsh, Peter William; … - In: Journal of Illicit Economies and Development (JIED) 5 (2023) 1, pp. 70-94

Objectives: This study examines the convergence of smuggling and trafficking in persons along the Central Mediterranean Route (CMR) to Europe. We explore where and how these phenomena blur, impacting states' obligations and policy decisions. Methods: We analyse 71 interviews with migrants who...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015423698

Exploring the "blurred boundary" : human smuggling and trafficking on the Central Mediterranean Route to Europe

Bish, Alexandre; Cockbain, Ella; Walsh, Peter William; … - In: Journal of illicit economies and development : JIED 5 (2023) 1, pp. 70-94

Objectives: This study examines the convergence of smuggling and trafficking in persons along the Central Mediterranean Route (CMR) to Europe. We explore where and how these phenomena blur, impacting states’ obligations and policy decisions. Methods: We analyse 71 interviews with migrants who...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015422665

The role of migration-specific and migration-relevant policies in migrant decision‐making in transit

Kuschminder, Katie; Koser, Khalid - 2017

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011699917

From Transit Migrants to Trading Migrants: Development Opportunities for Nigerians in the Transnational Trade Sector of Istanbul

Schapendonk, Joris - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 7, pp. 2856-2873

This paper critically discusses the relation between human mobility and development. It moves away from conventional migration-development policy discussions that mainly focus on diaspora-like actors, who have established a stable and integrated socio-economic position in the destination...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011029829

Turbulent Trajectories: African Migrants on Their Way to the European Union

Schapendonk, Joris - In: Societies 2 (2012) 2, pp. 27-41

Sub-Saharan African migration towards the European Union (EU) belongs to one of the most stigmatized forms of migration of the 21<sup>st</sup> century. It is strongly characterized by EU’s restrictive migration policies. As a consequence, migrants who are aspiring to reach the EU often undertake...

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Transit migration in the Mediterranean

Venditto, Bruno; Caruso, Immacolata - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This paper considers the new concept of transit Migration using the migration movements which occur in the …

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