Trafficking / Smuggling

Mission to the Middle East 2017: The Plight of the Displaced

This report from a fact-finding mission to Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Greece offers findings and recommendations based on the delegation’s conversations with actors in the region, including refugees and displaced persons, care providers, representatives of the Catholic Church, their aid agencies, and United Nations officials.

Pope Francis, Migration, and the Journey to Human Development and Peace

Donald Kerwin, CMS’s Executive Director, provides an overview of the VI International Forum on Migration and Peace, organized by the Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN) in late February 2017 in Rome, Italy.

European Courts and Citizens Struggle to do “What’s Right” Amidst Reactionary Migration Law and Policy

This essay examines four European cases highlighting how individual citizens and courts of European Union member states have dealt with situations involving a conflict between doing “what’s right” and “what’s legal.”

Life Interrupted: Trafficking into Forced Labor in the United States

Sverre Molland of Australian National University reviews Life Interrupted: Trafficking into Forced Labor in the United States, by Denise Brennan. Taking a long-term perspective, the book blends academic scholarship and activist research by delving into the lives of trafficked victims,...

The Mediterranean in the Age of Globalisation: Migration, Welfare and Borders

Dr. Michael Collyer, Reader of Geography at the University of Sussex, reviews The Mediterranean in the Age of Globalisation: Migration, Welfare and Borders. The book is divided into two sections, the first of which examines the impact of welfare policies...

Illicit Flirtations: Labor, Migration and Sex Trafficking in Tokyo

Emily Mitchell-Eaton, a Doctoral Candidate at Syracuse University, reviews Illicit Flirtations: Labor, Migration and Sex Trafficking in Tokyo by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas. The author argues that protectionist immigration policies intended to protect Filipinas from being trafficked into prostitution in Japan...

Unaccompanied Minors from Central America: Keeping Them Safe in the United States

Two recent reports have revealed that unaccompanied minors fleeing violence in Central America have been released to “sponsors” who turned out to be human traffickers. How did this occur and what can be done to avoid this kind of error...

CMSOnAir | Kevin Appleby on the Refugee Crisis and Deportation Raids

At the start of 2016, Kevin Appleby joined the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) and the Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN) as Senior Director of International Migration Policy. Prior to joining CMS and SIMN, Mr. Appleby served...

CMSOnAir | CIS Ombudsman Maria M. Odom and the 2015 Annual Report

The Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman was created by the US Congress in the Homeland Security Act of 2002. An independent and impartial office within the Department of Homeland Security, the office assists individuals and employers who...

CMSOnAir | Martin Xuereb and Rescuing Migrants in the Mediterranean

On April 19, 2015, a boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, killing around 800 people attempting to migrate to Europe (UNHCR 2015a, IOM 2015a). According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) the tragedy may the largest loss...