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Migrant Smuggling in Asia - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

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Introducti<strong>on</strong><br />

�is project sought to better underst<strong>and</strong> the state<br />

of knowledge about migrant smuggl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Asia</str<strong>on</strong>g>.<br />

For present purposes, <str<strong>on</strong>g>Asia</str<strong>on</strong>g> was de�ned to <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>clude<br />

fourteen countries: Afghanistan, Cambodia, Ch<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>a,<br />

India, Ind<strong>on</strong>esia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, the Maldives,<br />

Myanmar, Pakistan, S<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>gapore, Sri Lanka, �ail<strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>and</strong> Viet Nam. In particular, this project sought to<br />

underst<strong>and</strong> two key questi<strong>on</strong>s:<br />

�� What <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>formati<strong>on</strong> do we already have from<br />

exist<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g research that sheds light <strong>on</strong> the<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>cidence, nature <strong>and</strong> mechanics of migrant<br />

smuggl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g?<br />

�� What are the critical gaps that should be �lled<br />

by future research?<br />

Answer<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g these questi<strong>on</strong>s, even for fourteen<br />

countries is an ambitious undertak<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g. It requires<br />

an exam<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ati<strong>on</strong> not <strong>on</strong>ly of the literature <strong>on</strong> migrant<br />

smuggl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g as it relates to each of the fourteen<br />

countries but also of the literature <strong>on</strong> related issues,<br />

such as tra�ck<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> pers<strong>on</strong>s <strong>and</strong> irregular migrati<strong>on</strong>.<br />

It also requires an exam<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ati<strong>on</strong> of the literature about<br />

transit <strong>and</strong> dest<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ati<strong>on</strong> countries. �is is precisely<br />

what was undertaken for this project.<br />

�e research methodology followed by this project,<br />

a systematic literature review, is described <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> the<br />

preced<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g chapter <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> this report. �is review<br />

identi�ed 154 sources that shed light <strong>on</strong> the topics<br />

under exam<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ati<strong>on</strong>. �is chapter is based <strong>on</strong> an<br />

exam<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ati<strong>on</strong> of each of these 154 sources from the<br />

perspective of answer<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g the follow<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g questi<strong>on</strong>s:<br />

�� How are migrant smuggl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g, tra�ck<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

pers<strong>on</strong>s <strong>and</strong> irregular migrati<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>ceptualized<br />

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