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¿EL PUNTO VULNERABLEDEL SCHENGEN? LA MIGRACIÓN IRREGULAR Y EL TRÁFICO ILÍCITO DE PERSONAS POR LAS FRONTERAS TERRESTRES Y MARÍTIMAS HACIA ITALIA
Author(s) -
Pastore Ferruccio,
Monzini Paola,
Sciortino Giuseppe
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international migration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.681
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1468-2435
pISSN - 0020-7985
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2006.00381.x
Subject(s) - irregular migration , humanities , political science , geography , art , economic geography
Irregular migration to or across Italy is usually associated with the idea of hundreds, sometimes thousands, of migrants crossing the Mediterranean crammed in long‐worn ships barely staying afloat. Such journeys are often taken as evidence of the existence of hierarchically integrated, centralized, sophisticated, worldwide active, criminal cartels. The only problem with such received wisdoms is the fact that it is radically at odd with the available evidence, as it has little to do with the empirical reality of irregular migratory systems. This paper reviews a number of Italian Court files concerning a variety of organizations operating across both land and sea borders. It is shown how such organizations operate within a variety of local specificities and structural constraints.