Victimmigration:  When smuggling becomes trafficking

Conny Rijken

doi:10.4337/9781786439635.00032

Victimmigration: When smuggling becomes trafficking

Conny Rijken

Department of Criminal Law

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Abstract

Human trafficking and human smuggling are often confused and the terms are used interchangeably. Both are considered criminal offences but are different in the harm they cause and the motivations to criminalise the behaviour. This chapter discusses the legal definitions of human trafficking and human smuggling before explaining how these phenomena are interrelated. By addressing four ways in which smuggling can turn into trafficking the blurring boundaries between trafficking and smuggling are analysed. The significance of distinguishing the two is primarily related to the protection and assistance granted to victims of trafficking but not to those who have been smuggled. Therefore, the protection regime in migration law in the EU is discussed and the potential contribution of refugee law to the protection of victims of trafficking is assessed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Research handbook on EU migration and asylum law
Editors	Evangelia Tsourdi, Philippe De Bruycker
Place of Publication	Cheltenham
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Chapter	22
Pages	471-485
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9781786439635
ISBN (Print)	9781786439628
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786439635.00032
Publication status	Published - 13 Dec 2022

Publication series

Name	Research Handbooks in European Law series
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

human trafficking
human smuggling
victimmigration
refugee law

Access to Document

10.4337/9781786439635.00032

Crime and Criminal Justice in the Age of Globalization and Digitalization
Bekker, S. (Researcher), Borghouts, I. (Researcher), Bosma, A. (Researcher), Braakman, M. H. (Researcher), Groenhuijsen, M. (Researcher), Groenleer, M. (Researcher), Houwerzijl, M. (Researcher), Karsten, N. (Researcher), Kooijmans, T. (Researcher), Nelemans, M. (Researcher), Oosterom-Staples, H. (Researcher), Rijken, C. (Researcher), Spapens, A. (Researcher), Wilthagen, T. (Researcher), Zouridis, S. (Researcher), van Hout, D. (Researcher), van Noorloos, M. (Researcher), van Ostaaijen, J. (Researcher), van Waas, L. (Researcher), Ligthart, S. (Researcher), van Sliedregt, E. (Researcher), Quackelbeen, L. (Researcher), Bemelmans, J. (Principal Investigator), Jaspaert, E. (Researcher), Joyce, T. (Researcher), de Vocht, D. (Researcher), Jacobs, P. (Researcher) & Dejean de la Bâtie, A. (Researcher)
1/01/19 → 31/12/23
Project: Research project

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Victimmigration: When smuggling becomes trafficking. / Rijken, Conny.
Research handbook on EU migration and asylum law. ed. / Evangelia Tsourdi; Philippe De Bruycker. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2022. p. 471-485 (Research Handbooks in European Law series).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

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