Migrant, refugee, smuggler, savior

Tinti, Peter (author.). Reitano, Tuesday, (author.).

Summary: When states, charities, and NGOs either ignore or are overwhelmed by movement of people on a vast scale, criminal networks step into the breach. This book explains what happens next.

Record details

ISBN: 9780190668594
ISBN: 0190668598
Physical Description: print
regular print
xv, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Smugglers and saviors -- Smugglers needed. Options in exile ; Seeking asylum: rights and privileges ; Smuggler or savior -- Smugglers Inc. A transnational crime ; The business model of human smuggling -- Structure and design. In on the ground floor ; The logisticians ; Moving money ; Forging a new identity -- Routes. Central Mediterranean route ; Aegean route through Turkey -- Libya: out of Africa. Criminal economies in Libya and the greater Sahara ; Syrian dollars on Libyan shores ; Mare Nostrum changes the game ; Extortion and abuse -- Egypt: the north coast. The long trip to Italy ; Cooperation and complicity -- Dessert highway: Agadez and the Sahel. Understanding the Sahel ; Niger, Agadez, and the West ; New masters ; Everybody is eating -- Turkey: the crossroads. Izmir ; The mob: criminal markets consolidation ; The $6 billion question -- Schengen and beyond. Cracks in the fortress ; Greek tragedy ; Balkan odyssey ; Dead ends of Europe -- Conclusion. The world we live in ; Postcards from the front ; Wider ramifications ; Closing an industry: supply and demand ; Messaging to the market ; Diplomatic solutions ; Wested interests ; On the demand side.