Navigating borders : inside perspectives on the process of human smuggling into the Netherlands /

"Navigating Borders into the Netherlands provides a unique in-depth look at human smuggling processes. Based on biographical interviews with smuggled migrants in the Netherlands, the study reveals considerable differences that exist in smuggling's underlying causes, how journeys evolve, an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van Liempt, Ilse
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2007.
Colección:IMISCOE dissertations.
Temas:
Human smuggling > Netherlands.
Border crossing > Netherlands > Case studies.
Noncitizens > Netherlands.
Illegal immigration > Netherlands.
Trafic de migrants > Pays-Bas.
Passage de frontière > Pays-Bas > Études de cas.
Immigration clandestine > Pays-Bas.
Society and social sciences.
Society and culture: general.
Social groups.
Ethnic studies.
Mathematics and science.
Science: general issues.
Social Science > Prostitution & Sex Trade.
Noncitizens
Illegal immigration
Border crossing
Human smuggling
Netherlands
Popular science
Asylum
Irregular migration
Iraq
Horn of Africa
Former Soviet Union
Fortress Europe
Forced migration
Transit migration
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Distinction between wanted and unwanted migration
  • A shift in migration regimes
  • Other measures to control migration
  • Unintended and undesirable effects of migration control
  • Migration theory and irregularity: towards a research question
  • 2. Legal definitions of human smuggling
  • The difference between smuggling and trafficking
  • The discourse surrounding human smuggling and smugglers
  • The research on human smuggling
  • Towards a typology of different types of smuggling and trafficking
  • 3. Data available on human smuggling in the Netherlands and its limitations
  • The biographical method as the main source of information
  • The research population
  • Gaining access to smuggled migrants
  • Reasons for participation and refusal
  • Biases in the interviews
  • Ethical considerations
  • 4. Why people migrate and categorisations of migrants upon arrival
  • Structural conditions for people coming from the Horn of Africa
  • Structural conditions for people coming from Iraq
  • Structural conditions for people coming from the former Soviet Union
  • Who migrates in an irregular way?
  • 5. The story of Zhara from Somalia
  • The trouble with getting out of Iraq
  • The story of Oemar from Chechnya
  • How age, gender, and levels of insecurity shape border crossing
  • How social, economic, and human capital shape border crossing
  • 6. Classifications of smuggling types
  • A look at who else is involved in the smuggling 'business'
  • How did migrants perceive their smuggler?
  • The internal dynamics of smuggling and the role of trust
  • Classifications of smuggling types along internal dynamics
  • 7. The Dutch asylum system
  • The new Aliens Act
  • The Netherlands as a destination of coincidence
  • 26,000
  • How to survive without state support or a social network to rely on
  • Health problems among refugees
  • Here and there: how people stay connected
  • Strategies to secure one's status
  • 8. The research method and its implications
  • Why do people need smugglers and who moves?
  • The journey to the Netherlands: three case studies
  • Context matters: most migration theory is de-contextualised
  • Different types of smugglers
  • The role of transit
  • How did smuggling affect the migration process?
  • Implications of this research for policy
  • Appendix I. Overview of expert interviews
  • Appendix II. Overview of personal details of respondents.

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