eprintid: 10199900
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creators_name: Bish, Alexandre
creators_name: Borrion, Hervé
creators_name: Toubaline, Sonia
creators_name: Cockbain, Ella
title: Anatomy of a route: Script analysis of irregular migration, smuggling and harms on the Central Mediterranean route to Europe
ispublished: inpress
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: F52
keywords: Crime script, exploitation, extortion, forced labour, human trafficking, Libya, migrant smuggling
note: © The Author(s), 2024. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
abstract: Since the so-called ‘migrant crisis’ in 2015, there has been intense policy interest around irregular migration along the Central Mediterranean Route to Europe. Despite increased research focus on this route, the details and geographical intricacies of these migration journeys have scarcely been examined. In this study, we investigate the what, where and how of the journeys of 71 people who travelled from Libya across the Mediterranean Sea to Malta. To do so, we break down their journeys into scripts (i.e. sequences of activities) and represent them as a composite script graph. We find that journeys were long – 18 months on average – and circuitous, involving diverse and complex geographical paths. Smuggling, brokerage and working during transit were key aspects of most journeys. Worryingly, two-thirds of participants experienced detention and/or forced labour before reaching Malta. By pinpointing where and how harm occurs, the composite script graph can support policy makers in reducing harm, including by accounting for the possible harm that interventions may cause, directly or as a result of displacement.
date: 2024-10-31
date_type: published
publisher: SAGE Publications
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1177/174889582412926
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 2334452
doi: 10.1177/174889582412926
lyricists_name: Cockbain, Eleanor
lyricists_name: Bish, Alexandre
lyricists_id: EPCOC60
lyricists_id: AGBIS74
actors_name: Cockbain, Eleanor
actors_id: EPCOC60
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Criminology & Criminal Justice
issn: 1748-8958
citation:        Bish, Alexandre;    Borrion, Hervé;    Toubaline, Sonia;    Cockbain, Ella;      (2024)    Anatomy of a route: Script analysis of irregular migration, smuggling and harms on the Central Mediterranean route to Europe.                   Criminology & Criminal Justice        10.1177/174889582412926 <https://doi.org/10.1177/174889582412926>.    (In press).    Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10199900/1/bish-et-al-2024-anatomy-of-a-route-script-analysis-of-irregular-migration-smuggling-and-harms-on-the-central.pdf