Minors Travelling Alone

A Risk Group for Human Trafficking

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9953786
AutoresIlse Derluyn (0000-0001-5450-1239, Ghent University, autor de correspondencia), Valesca Lippens (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Tony Verachtert, Willy Bruggeman, Eric Broekaert (Ghent University)
Año2009
Volumen48
Número4
Páginas164-185
Fecha de publicación2009-08-19
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-2435.2009.00548.x
PMID20645474
OpenAlexW1755299119
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas13

Minors travelling without their parent(s) or guardian are an increasing phenomenon. Although their travel objectives might differ importantly, varying from holiday purposes to migration objectives, an important subgroup of them might be at risk to fall into exploitative circumstances, such as human trafficking. Studying the group of minors travelling alone arriving at Brussels Airport (Belgium), this research investigates the population's characteristics, the procedures used, and the risks some of these minors run of falling into exploitative situations. Firstly, registration revealed that tens of thousands minors travelling alone arrive at Brussels Airport each year, with an important part of them coming from African countries. Secondly, participant observations showed that detection of possible cases of human trafficking is a very complex issue, resulting in the alarming hypothesis that many cases of trafficking of minors travelling alone might not be detected during their journey or at their arrival at the airport

Criminology · Environmental health · Falling (accident · Guardian · Human trafficking · Political science · Population · Sociology · Demography · Law · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Sex work and related issues