Baseline Research on Smuggling of Migrants in, from and through Central Asia
- Document number
- 2320
- Date
- 2006
- Title
- Baseline Research on Smuggling of Migrants in, from and through Central Asia
- Author/publisher
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Migrant rights; Migration management; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration policy; Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour;
- Summary
- This report is the product of a baseline study, which assesses the phenomenon of smuggling of migrants in, from and through Central Asia. The results of this study identify smuggling trends and patterns and address the phenomenon’s relevance within the Central Asia migration context.
The research tests the “vector” approach, cross-referencing different sources and establishing indicators for smuggling of migrants in the region. This approach was used in order to effectively measure the phenomenon and evaluate its applicability for further research. The primary research methodology is based on a survey, allowing for a large spectrum of views on the problem of smuggling of migrant, including face-to-face interviews, postal uestionnaires and strategy of survey applied to documents. It was initially planned that the research would comprise the countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Due to the shadow character of the topic and difficulties in information gathering, it was decided not to conduct research in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. However throughout the report, references to smuggling routes via Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are kept. - Related documents