A Rising Tide that Lifts no Boats. The European Union and the Development of the Transnational Economy of Crimigration-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A Rising Tide that Lifts no Boats. The European Union and the Development of the Transnational Economy of Crimigration

Published:2019-05-01 Issue:1 Volume:15 Page:75-97
ISSN:2363-4782
Container-title:World Political Science
language:en
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Author:

Rewizorski Marek¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. University of Gdańsk , Institute of Political Science, Jana Bażynskiego 8 Str. , 80-309 Gdańsk , Poland

Abstract

Abstract The author of the article focuses on investigating the relationship between the outbreak of irregular migration to Europe and the increasing importance of transnational criminal networks. The starting point is the assumption that the transnational economy of crimigration (TEC) is driven by the illicit activity of private actors (the supply side) and potential migrants who create the demand for this kind of services, often not realizing the full extent of the consequences of entering into contractual relationships with groups of smugglers (the demand side). It is also assumed that the dynamics of the transnational economy of crimigration is one of the main causes of the rising wave of irregular migration and the migration crisis in the European Union.

Funder

“Global Economic Governance – Actors, Areas of Influence, Interactions” research project

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Political Science and International Relations

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/wps-2019-0004/pdf

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