The Political Economy of Migrant Detention in Libya: Understanding the players and the business models
The overall objective of this study is to understand the political economy of migrant detention in Libya, in both the official and non-official...
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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Shifting sands: Libya’s changing drug trafficking dynamics on the coastal and desert borders
This report provides an assessment of drug smuggling routes and dynamics in Libya and aims to establish areas for further in-depth research. It draws...
After the storm: Organized crime across the Sahel-Sahara following upheaval in Libya and Mali
Organized crime in the Sahel has entered a new phase of consolidation and diversification. During the past decade, criminal activity expanded...
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How do we stop migrants continuing to die in trucks?
The use of refrigerated containers and lorries in people smuggling and clandestine migration – which the Global Initiative forecasted would be an...
39 found dead in truck: A tragedy, but not an isolated incident
39 found dead in truck: A tragedy, but not an isolated incident The tragedy of 39 people found dead in a truck in Essex, England, on 23 October has...
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...
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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....