In search of solace and finding servitude: human trafficking and the human trafficking vulnerability of African asylum seekers in Malta

Christian Kemp

Global Crime, 2017, vol. 18, issue 2, 140-157

Abstract: This article presents the findings of a 12-month ethnographic study of the development of human trafficking vulnerability among African irregular migrants in Malta. It illustrates the role that European migration and asylum policies have played when fostering the development of trafficking vulnerabilities amongst asylum seekers following their arrival through the gates of Fortress Europe. It critically evaluates the discourse and discursive frameworks that have held dominion over the way in which academics and policy-makers have understood human trafficking practices, drawing attention to forms of human trafficking exploitation that are underrepresented within both trafficking literature and empirical studies.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/17440572.2016.1227708

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