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Migrant smuggling in Canada possible: Lessons for other countries [PDF]

open access: yesNBP: Nauka, bezbednost, policija, 2018
Even though migration has been seen as an expression of people's willingness to overcome adversity to find and live a better life within the complex socio-political and diverse world of today, it has become a problematic phenomenon in Canada, and ...
Winterdyk John, Dhungel Rita
doaj  

Trafficking in Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
[Excerpt] Trafficking in persons (TIP) for the purpose of exploitation is a lucrative criminal activity that is of major concern to the United States and the international community. According to the most recent U.S.
Ribando Seelke, Clare
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Frontex and the University: Positivist Dissonance and the Institutionalisation of Border Violence through Research

open access: yesAntipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, 2026.
Abstract The paper examines the existing relationships between universities and Frontex, investigating and problematising the intersection between the higher education sector and the violence of the European border regime. We introduce the concept of positivist dissonance to conceptualise these relationships within the wider “industrial‐military ...
Giulia Corgnier   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crossing the Blood–Brain Barrier with Molecularly Imprinted Polymeric Nanocarriers: An Emerging Frontier in Brain Disease Therapy

open access: yesAdvanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 7, 3 February 2026.
Molecularly imprinted polymeric nanocarriers (nanoMIPs) offer robust, antibody‐mimetic platforms to overcome the blood‐brain barrier. The article surveys nanoMIP design and ligand‐directed surface engineering that harness receptor‐mediated transcytosis, and highlights therapeutic and diagnostic applications in neurodegeneration, brain tumors and ...
Ranjit De, Shuliang Shi, Kyong‐Tai Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Coyote crossings: the role of smugglers in illegal immigration and border enforcement [PDF]

open access: yes
Illegal immigration and border enforcement in the United States have increased concomitantly for over thirty years. One interpretation is that U.S. border policies have been ineffective.
Joseph H. Haslag   +2 more
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Integrating Multiple‐Covariate Distance Sampling and Habitat Modeling to Inform Conservation of the Asian Houbara in Central Iran

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2026.
We combined multiple‐covariate distance sampling (MCDS) with habitat modeling to estimate the abundance and habitat associations of the vulnerable Asian houbara (Chlamydotis macqueenii) in central Iran. Line‐transect surveys in spring 2022 yielded an estimated density of 0.53 individuals/km2 (~5293 birds), with nearly identical results from ...
Reyhaneh Miranzadeh‐Mahabadi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Space construction in media reporting: A study of the migrant space in the 'Jungles' of Calais [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Media are intrinsically implicated in constructing and framing space as well as in the imagination of communities. This paper examines how media through the spatial construct of the ‘jungle’ premises the discourses of migration between the borders of UK ...
Howarth, A, Ibrahim, Y
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Smuggled or Trafficked? Refugee or job seeker? Deconstructing rigid classifications by rethinking women’s vulnerability

open access: yesAnti-Trafficking Review, 2018
In the context of recent large-scale migratory flows from North Africa to the European Union, significant convergence and overlap has been observed between human trafficking and migrant smuggling, and between ‘economic’ and ‘forced’ migration. This paper
Giorgia Serughetti
doaj   +1 more source

The people smugglers’ business model [PDF]

open access: yes
While discussions continue on how best to go about breaking the people smugglers’ business model, those participating in the debate have not publicly articulated the business model to which they refer. This has significant policy implications, given that
Cat Barker
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Specific Features of the Debriefing and Confrontation in Migrant Smuggling Investigations

open access: yesACROSS
The present article focuses on the specificity in conducting of debriefing and confrontation in migrant smuggling investigations, exploring this topic from the perspective of forensic science.
Gina Aurora NECULA
doaj   +2 more sources

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