Making a "Career" in People-Smuggling in Indonesia

Protracted Transit, Restricted Mobility and the Lack of Legal Work Rights

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6087261
AutoresA Missbach (0000-0003-1378-146X, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen30
Número2
Páginas423-454
Fecha de publicación2015-07-30
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0217-9520 • E-ISSN: 1793-2858
EditorialISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute (PUBLISHER • SG)
DOI10.1355/sj30-2d
OpenAlexW1463104308
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas17

Two case studies of convicted Afghan people smugglers detail the specific tasks and responsibilities of people smugglers in Indonesia. Academic research has so far overlooked the fluctuant nature of smuggling networks, the distribution of roles and the varying involvement of their members and auxiliaries. Attention to these dimensions of people-smuggling contributes to a more nuanced understanding of the operation of these networks in the Indonesian setting. This understanding suggests that entering criminal business networks such as people-smuggling networks is the last option left for failed asylum seekers stuck in Indonesia. More significantly, it makes clear that Australian and Indonesian asylum policies and border politics have, unintentionally, contributed to the evolution of transnational people-smuggling networks

Criminology · Indonesian · Indonesian government · Irregular migration · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sociology · Work (physics · Engineering · European Criminal Justice and Data Protection · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Sex work and related issues