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Migrant, Refugee, Smuggler, Saviour
Peter Tinti
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Description for Migrant, Refugee, Smuggler, Saviour
Hardback. When states, charities and NGOs either ignore or are overwhelmed by movement of people on a vast scale, criminal networks step into the breach. This book explains what happens next. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JKV; LBBR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 224 x 35. Weight in Grams: 564.
Migrant, Refugee, Smuggler, Saviour investigates one of the most under-examined aspects of the great migration crisis of our time. As millions seek passage to Europe in order to escape conflicts, repressive governments and poverty, their movements are enabled and actively encouraged by professional criminal networks that earn billions of dollars. Many of these smugglers carry out their activities with little regard for human rights, which has led to a manifold increase in human suffering, not only in the Mediterranean Sea, but also along the overland smuggling routes that cross the Sahara, penetrate deep into the Balkans, and into hidden corners ... Read more
Migrant, Refugee, Smuggler, Saviour investigates one of the most under-examined aspects of the great migration crisis of our time. As millions seek passage to Europe in order to escape conflicts, repressive governments and poverty, their movements are enabled and actively encouraged by professional criminal networks that earn billions of dollars. Many of these smugglers carry out their activities with little regard for human rights, which has led to a manifold increase in human suffering, not only in the Mediterranean Sea, but also along the overland smuggling routes that cross the Sahara, penetrate deep into the Balkans, and into hidden corners ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849046800
SKU
V9781849046800
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Peter Tinti
Peter Tinti is an independent journalist and Senior Research Fellow at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime. Formerly based in West Africa, his writing, reporting and photography has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy and Vice, among other outlets. Tuesday Reitano has been studying organised crime networks and their impact on governance, conflict ... Read more
Reviews for Migrant, Refugee, Smuggler, Saviour
'The authors leap around, with vivid reporting from Niger, Libya, the Balkans, Turkey and Egypt, among other places ... The book's key contention-that tighter rules inspire entrepreneurs to create new, more dangerous and criminal smuggling routes-is persuasive.'
The Economist
'Migrant, Refugee, Smuggler, Saviour argues that the world needs to understand how networks of traffickers function if it is ... Read more
The Economist
'Migrant, Refugee, Smuggler, Saviour argues that the world needs to understand how networks of traffickers function if it is ... Read more