Political and environmental risks influence migration and human smuggling across the Mediterranean Sea

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 15; no. 7; p. e0236646
• Main Authors: Camarena, Kara Ross, Claudy, Sarah, Wang, Jijun, Wright, Austin L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 31.07.2020; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Aggression; Biology and Life Sciences; Boats; Domestic policy; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Emigration and immigration; Enforcement; Engineering and Technology; Environmental risk; Forecasts and trends; Government programs; High frequencies; Human smuggling; Interpretation and construction; Migration; Militia groups; People and Places; Physical Sciences; Politics; Prices; Public policy; Qualitative research; Refugees; Research and Analysis Methods; Riots; Smuggling; Travel; Violence; Mediterranean region; United States > US; Europe; Illinois; Italy; North Africa; Chicago Illinois; Libya; Mediterranean Sea

Since 2007 the number of refugees fleeing conflict and violence has doubled to more than 25 million. We leverage high frequency data on migration, sea conditions, and riots to investigate how political and environmental risks influence migration and human smuggling across the Mediterranean Sea. We r...