1st Edition
Navigating Borders Inside Perspectives on the Process of Human Smuggling into the Netherlands
By Ilse van Liempt
Copyright 2007
216 Pages
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Routledge
Navigating Borders into the Netherlands provides a unique in-depth look at human smuggling processes. Based on biographical interviews with smuggled migrants in the Netherlands, the study reveals considerable differences that exist in smuggling's underlying causes, how journeys evolve, and outcomes of the process. This research from an insider's perspective clearly demonstrates that smuggled... Read more
Introduction, The Janus face of globalisation, New intermediate structures in response to restrictive admission policies, Conducting research among smuggled migrants: an inside perspective, Structural conditions and individual choices, Crossing the border in various irregular ways, Different types of smuggling and internal dynamics, Impact of smuggling and legal limits to integration, Conclusion, Summary
Biography
Ilse van Liempt conducted this study for her PhD dissertation at the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES) at the University of Amsterdam.
