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The Costs of Human Smuggling and Trafficking

Document number
1441
Date
2005
Title
The Costs of Human Smuggling and Trafficking
Author/publisher
Melanie Petros, Global Migration Perspectives, No. 31
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Summary
This paper attempts to draw together some of this scattered information – it is based on analysis of over 500 secondary sources. It is concerned specifically with the costs of human smuggling and trafficking, and adopts a longitudinal and global perspective – asking how costs vary across the world, how they have changed over time and what factors other than origin and destination determine their level
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