Migrant Smuggling Data and Research

on migrant smuggling and irregular migration, whose work spans Europe, Asia,
the Americas, Australia and Africa. The discussion at the meeting underscored
the need to better understand migrant smuggling dynamics through data and
research, including the possibility of emerging trends in some regions pointing
to the expanding reach of migrants smugglers globally. The resultant report is
aimed at policymakers, researchers, analysts, students and practitioners working
on the complex topic of migrant smuggling. It provides a review that ideally we
would be keen to replicate in the years ahead in order to gauge progress on the
increasingly important collection, analysis and reporting of data and research on
migrant smuggling globally.
William Lacy Swing
Director General
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Foreword