ConferencesNew research on human smuggling: Workshop at the european forum for migration studies, July, 5-6, 2007
On the workshop "New research on human smuggling" results of a research project on  Human Smuggling and Trafficking in Migrants among European research institutes, sponsored by the European Science Foundation (ESF), were presented and discussed. Aim was to develop a so-called policy-brief. Policy briefs are a concept of the IMISCOE network of excellence that is designed to inform policy makers and administrators on relevant research in a concise form.
The IMISCOE-Policy brief No. 5 "Towards a Better Understanding of Human Smuggling" by Friedrich Heckmann is online available: Policy brief.
Contact: maria.matreux@uni-bamberg.de
AgendaThursday, July 05, 2007
- 14:00
- Welcome and Introduction
Friedrich Heckmann (efms, Bamberg)
- 14:15
- Limited Choices and Smugglers' Role in the Migration Process
Ilse van Liempt, Jeroen Doomernik (IMES, Amsterdam)
- 15:15
- Coffee break
- 15:30
- Human Smuggling in Switzerland
Gianni d'Amato, Martina Kamm (SFM/FSM, Neuchâtel)
- 16:30
- The Social Organisation of Human Smuggling
Matthias Neske (BAMF, Nuremberg)
Fryday, July 6, 2007
- 09:00
- Human Smuggling as a Transnational Service Industry, Evidence from Austria
Veronika Bilger (ICMPD, Vienna), Michael Jandl (Vienna)
- 10:00
- Schengen's Soft Underbelly? Irregular Migration and Human Smuggling across Land and Sea Borders to Italy
Paola Monzini, Ferrucio Pastore (CESPI, Rome)
- 11:00
- Break
- 11:30
- Discussion on Content of Policy Brief
Moderation: Friedrich Heckmann (efms, Bamberg)
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