Predatory economies in Eastern Libya
On 4 April 2019, the Libyan National Army (LNA) launched a surprise attack on Tripoli, as the UN-sponsored dialogue process was reaching a critical...
Migrant Smuggling
Human smugglers have proven to be the transportation system that underpins irregular movement, but it remains a phenomenon that is understudied and poorly understood, particularly by migration practitioners. The GI is working to shed light on human smuggling, to document contemporary cases, map the modus operandi of smuggling, catalyse and convene debates, and bring forward an integrated response framework.
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Publications
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The Human Conveyor Belt Broken
This report is a synthesis of the research conducted between May and December 2018 for the monthly briefs under the ‘Monitoring the Political...
Human Trafficking-Smuggling Nexus in Libya
Probably nowhere more than in Libya have the definitional lines between migrant smuggling and human trafficking become as blurred or contested....
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UN Security Council Brings out the Big Stick in Libya
The UN’s sanctions this week against six kingpins involved in human smuggling and trafficking markets will send out a strong message to...
The Balkans: A migrant gateway for jihadists?
The story of Europe’s migrant crisis is still far from over. In the Balkans, a region that felt some of the greatest shocks, the situation may be...
Stopping the smugglers: Objective 9 of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
On 5 February, the ‘Zero Draft‘ of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration* was released by co-facilitators Mexico and...
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UN Global Compact on migration: Smuggling of Migrants
11 Oct 2017 – Panel 1: Smuggling of migrants, trafficking in persons and contemporary forms of slavery Smuggling of migrants, trafficking in...
Event: The Human Conveyor Belt: the industrialisation of human smuggling and trafficking in post‐revolution Libya
The Human Conveyor Belt: the Industrialisation of Human Smuggling and Trafficking in Post-Revolution Libya Residence Palace – International Press...
Event: New Ways to Tackle Human Trafficking for Forced Labour along Migration Routes
The Global Initiative was pleased to be invited to speak at a high-level event hosted by DCAF: New Ways to Tackle Human Trafficking for Forced...
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GIN Interview – Gulnara Shahinian
A counter-trafficking consultant and former special rapporteur to the UN on contemporary slavery, Gulnara Shahinian has spent her career trying to...
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Data bulletins: improving migration data to implement the global compact for migration
IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre released an edited volume of the “Data Bulletin Series: Informing the Implementation of the Global...
Mixed Migration Review 2018
This publication by the Mixed Migration Centre offers a review of mixed migration around the world focusing on key events and policy developments...
Organized Crime on the UN Security Council Agenda
On 7 June 2018, for the first time, a Committee of the United Nations Security Council placed individuals on a sanctions list for human trafficking....