At a time of increased attention on the international agenda for human trafficking, this paper examines the determinants of human trafficking inflows to 13 European countries based on official records. By employing a fixed effects zero-inflated, negative binomial gravity-type model, we address...

In April 2006 the UNHCR published Guidelines on the application of the Refugees Convention to people who have been trafficked. While there is little doubt that trafficked people are subjected to serious violations of their basic rights and interests, the applicability of the Convention is...

UNHCR issues these Guidelines pursuant to its mandate, as contained in the 1950 Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in conjunction with Article 35 of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and Article II of its 1967 Protocol. These...

This background paper was prepared by Anne Gallagher (Lead Author) and Klara Skrivankova (Contributing Author) for the 15th Informal Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Seminar on Human Rights, Montreux, Switzerland, 24-26 November 2015. It provides a detailed introduction to all aspects of trafficking...