Background Human trafficking is a crime against humanity. It is also a serious threat to
global health and security. Globalization has made human trafficking an easier task for the …

Female sex trafficking is a pressing concern. In this article, we provide a comprehensive
overview of relevant issues regarding the concept of female sex trafficking and research in …

Emotions underpin how political communities are formed and function. Nowhere is this more
pronounced than in times of trauma. The emotions associated with suffering caused by war …

Maritime security is one of the latest buzzwords of international relations. Major actors have
started to include maritime security in their mandate or reframed their work in such terms …

Author Julia O'Connell Davidson is a leading scholar of modern slavery and is regularly
approached by the media to comment on issues such as prostitution, trafficking, sex tourism …

Western societies are immersed in debates about immigration and illegality. This book
examines these processes and outlines how the figure of the" crimmigrant other" has …

This article looks at securitization/humanitarianization dynamics in the EU external sea
borders to track and critique the substantial transformation of the role played by human …

This article analyses the search and rescue (SAR) activities carried out by three NGOs
(MOAS, MSF and Sea-Watch) in the Central Mediterranean, and asks whether and in how …

This paper explores humanitarianism in the practice of Frontex-assisted Greek border police
in Evros and of Frontex at their headquarters in Warsaw. Building on the increase in …

If we confront the geopolitical map of Europe with an imaginative cartography of the actual
frontiers for migrants in Europe and the multiplication of punctuated border zones that are …