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Human smuggling

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us: Human smuggling


  • Here are entered works on facilitating the entry of illegal aliens into a country with the objective of making a profit. Works on the coercive commercial trade in human beings for the purpose of sexual or other exploitation are entered under [Human trafficking.]

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  • Variants

    • us: Immigrant smuggling
    • us: Migrant smuggling
    • us: People smuggling

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  • Sources

    • found: Work cat.: Global human smuggling: comparative perspectives, 2001.
    • found: Chin, Ko-lin. Smuggled Chinese: clandestine immigration to the United States, 1999.
    • found: Web site, European Council on Refugees and Exiles, July 21, 2003 (An overview of proposals addressing migrant smuggling and trafficking in persons: the term "trafficking" tends to describe movements of individuals against their will, whereas "smuggling" refers to voluntary movement on the part of the migrant; in the UN smuggling protocol, smuggling is defined as "... the procurement of the illegal entry into or illegal residence of a person in a State Party of which the person is not a national or a permanent resident in order to obtain, directly or indirectly, a financial or other material benefit.")
    • found: NY Times, August 13, 2003 (people smugglers; immigrant smuggling)
    • found: WWW, August 13, 2003 (people smuggling)

  • General Notes

    • Here are entered works on facilitating the entry of illegal aliens into a country with the objective of making a profit. Works on the coercive commercial trade in human beings for the purpose of sexual or other exploitation are entered under [Human trafficking.]

  • Example Notes

    • Note under [Human trafficking]

  • Change Notes

    • 2006-04-06: new
    • 2007-03-01: revised

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