Migrant smuggling is a dangerous, sometimes deadly, criminal activity. Failing to respond effectively to migrant smuggling and deter it will risk emboldening those who engage in this illicit enterprise, which generates proceeds for organized crime and criminal networks, funds terrorism and...

Against the background of the worldwide financial market and economic crisis, leading German economists urge policymakers to maintain the reform course in labor market policy. The experts warn not to jeopardize the clearly positive effects of the recent reform efforts. The "Petersberg...

This paper examines mental health issues surrounding Tory Party plans to radically change Britains’ immigration laws making the processes attendant upon seeking asylum tougher for those who try. By looking beyond taken-for-granted assumptions associated with refugees and asylum seeking, a...

Immigration in Spain usually comes form Morocco, but not in a regular way, but beyond legal control. It is due to strong legal requirements. Institutional methods for control and deport are often more illegal that the punished behaviour of entrance and residence. Even when criminal facts are...

International migration should be considered as labour migration. Precise definitions are given in order to understand how MERCOSUR works as a free space for merchants, but not for workers. This thought points towards a way to reach a human mobility in the overall regional integration process.