Human smuggling and trafficking

Forced Migration Review

‘Repatriation’ of unaccompanied Cambodian children who had been trafficked to Thailand to beg on the street.

© IOM 1998 - MTH0006 (William Barriga)

This resource summary complements Forced Migration Review 25 which focuses on Human smuggling and trafficking and has a major feature on People trafficking: upholding rights and understanding vulnerabilities. It includes 22 articles on trafficking-related issues from a range of UN agencies, civil society and human rights organisations, government agencies, NGOs and researchers.

• Forced Migration Review 25: People trafficking: upholding rights & understanding vulnerabilities

Research Guides

• Morrison, John. “FMO research guide: Human Smuggling and Trafficking” (October 2002)

Related FMO Resources

For more resources, search the FMO website.

• Yemen: Refugees crossing the Gulf of Aden (October 2008) [Video]

Documents

Selected full-text documents (for more, search in the Digital Library).

• International Organization for Migration, Trafficking in migrants: characteristics and trends in different regions of the world (1994)
• Matzka, Manfred, Recent international legal instruments and measures relating to illicit trafficking in migrants: trends and efficiency (1994)
• Taran, Patrick A., Safeguarding migrants rights and dignity in and beyond the smuggling dilemma (1994)

Web resources

Selected web-based information resources (for more, search the FMO website)

• Campaign against the trafficking of women and girls (Human Rights Watch)
• Counter-trafficking (IOM)
• The factbook on global sexual exploitation (Coalition Against Trafficking in Women)
• Human rights issues (OHCHR) (see "trafficking in persons")
• Smuggling of Migrants United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
• Human trafficking: documents and resources (December 18)
• Trafficking in persons report (U.S. Department of State)

Relevant Organizations

Contact details for relevant organizations (for more, search in the Organizations Directory)

• Anti-Slavery International
• Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW)
• Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW)
• OSCE Special Representative on Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings
• UN Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (UNIAP)
• United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP)
• UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking