IS 319 Lecture 21: Migrant, Refugee, Smuggler, Savior
2 Apr 2018
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Several km out of tripolo, libyan capital. Came from syria with wife and daughter. from syria to turkey; from turkey on a dinghy to greece. Owner of chain of bookstores in damascus and well-off. Drove to beirut and boarded a plane with his family for ,000. What"s happening now isn"t just traditional migrant smuggling, it"s a paradigm shift in: Have to look at smuggling not as crisis or villains vs. victims but instead as service providers. The crisis is a result of multiple factors: climate change, inequality, political persecution, globalization. The problem is actualized by increasingly professional set of criminals and networks. More stories of people seeking smuggling and the struggles that they faced. Each one is unique, but also quite similar e. g. bilma. Came from peaceful part of nigeria in the north. Family sells farm to help him find his way to italy.
