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A strike for democracy? Migration, the bigot's veto, and the electoral use of force
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Politicians and philosophers alike have warned that the spread of anti‐migrant bigotry in the Western world requires a tragic trade‐off regarding immigration policy: Although millions of asylum‐seekers might be owed admission to Western democracies, there are many cases where they nonetheless ought to be denied entry, because their admission ...
Shmuel Nili
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Passeurs: Narratives of Border Crossing in the Western Alps [PDF]
, 2019 This article focuses on representations of passeurs: migrant smugglers across the French-Italian and Swiss-Italian borders. I analyze a heterogeneous corpus of novels, films, and essays published between 1990-2017 that refer to different waves of ...
Di Blasio, Federica
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Sustained high serum malondialdehyde levels are associated with severity and mortality in septic patients [PDF]
, 2013 This book digs into an area of international migration studies that has gained prominence in the past couple of decades: migrant smuggling. The regional focus is southern Europe, which receives immigrants from many African and Asian countries.
Leonardo Lorente +10 more
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Area, EarlyView.Short Abstract This paper investigates the impact of Covid‐19, border closure, and the military coup on the mining and trading of Kachin amber in northern Myanmar. Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic and the 2021 military coup have dramatically affected the lives and livelihoods of communities across Myanmar.
Seng Lawn Dan, Alessandro Rippa
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Quaderni di Sociologia, 2020 The article analyses the organisation of migrant smuggling from Sub-Saharan African countries to Italy, with a particular focus on Libya. It also examines how this activity changed after the end of the Gaddafi dictatorship.
Stefano Becucci
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Chinese Migrants and Forced Labour in Europe [PDF]
, 2004 A working paper prepared to support the advocacy mission of the ILO’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up.
InFocus Programme on Promoting the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work +1 more
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Mediating atmospheric bordering: Migratory journeys in hostile environments
Area, EarlyView.Short Abstract The main claim of the paper is that displaced people mediate affective processes that aim to shape their movements, and that such mediations are critical for understanding: the importance of sensory relations and spaces of movement that might otherwise remain obscure; the ways to challenge affective politics; and the relationship among ...
SUZAN ILCAN
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The Migrant Smuggling Crime in Romania [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018 The study below is meant to focus on the migrant smuggling crime in Romania, especially analysis of the migrant smuggling infraction provided in the Romanian Criminal Code. Being a component of the human trafficking activity, the illegal migration is a phenomenon that is continuously extending and harder to stop due to the involvement of the organized ...
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Conservation Biology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Wildlife trafficking poses a critical threat to global biodiversity, contributes to organized crime, and has disproportionate impacts on underserved and Indigenous communities. Although international legal instruments, such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and institutional collaborations,
Chad Patrick Osorio
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Cadernos Pagu, 2008 Este artigo discute as experiências de homens e mulheres brasileiros, que tentam cruzar a fronteira México-Estados Unidos em viagens não-autorizadas no mundo global. São viajantes clandestinos que, com a ajuda dos coiotes, tentam entrar na "América".
Gláucia de Oliveira Assis
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