The Social Organisation of Migrant Smugglers in Turkey: Roles and Functions

Thousands of irregular migrants and refugees are transported from conflict areas and/or underdeveloped countries to wealthy Western states. These transfers are usually facilitated and arranged by migrant smuggling organisations. This paper reflects part of a comprehensive research project on irregul...

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Published inEuropean journal on criminal policy and research Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 371 - 391
Main Authors Demir, Oguzhan Omer, Sever, Murat, Kahya, Yavuz
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.09.2017
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Boundaries
Civil war
Conflict
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Developing countries
Human trafficking
Law and Criminology
LDCs
Migrants
Migration
Networks
Organized crime
Political Science
Refugees
Smuggling
Transnationalism
Turkey
Migrant smuggling
Syrian refugees
International migration
Transnational crime
Irregular migration
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Summary:Thousands of irregular migrants and refugees are transported from conflict areas and/or underdeveloped countries to wealthy Western states. These transfers are usually facilitated and arranged by migrant smuggling organisations. This paper reflects part of a comprehensive research project on irregular migration and migrant smuggling in Turkey and examines the structure and networks of smugglers operating in Turkey. Based on face-to-face interviews with smugglers ( N  = 54), it aims to shed light on migrant smugglers, smuggling structures and their organisations in Turkey. The findings suggest that the migrant smuggling business is composed of networks established at the local, national and international levels. These are structured on an ad hoc basis and are often adaptable to any changes and opportunities that may arise.
ISSN:0928-1371
1572-9869
DOI:10.1007/s10610-016-9326-x