Irregular maritime migration as a global phenomenon

Growing migration inequality: What do the global data actually show?

“…22 Carling, 2017. 23 Lahav, 1999;McAuliffe., 2017a;Triandafyllidou and McAuliffe, 2018. 24 Mau et al, 2015.…”

Migration, gender and COVID-19: an overview

“…For those people who are unable to access regular pathways -of which there are millions globally -irregular migration is often the only viable option available; however, it can be highly risky, with exploitation, physical abuse (including sexual abuse) and possible death facing migrants in many of the dangerous irregular migration routes (Brian and Laczko, 2014). Consequentially, migration can become highly gendered, with young males undertaking irregular migration in the hope that family reunion can enable other family members to join them in destination countries (McAuliffe and Iqbal, 2022;McAuliffe, 2017). One clear example of this relates to Afghan asylum seekers who arrived in Australia by boat (almost all male), as compared to those who arrived by plane as resettled refugees on protection visas.…”

Stuck in transit: asylum-seeking habitus and onward migration aspirations of Sri Lankan Tamil asylum-seekers in Bangkok

“…The agents function as 'friendship' enterprises and conduct fairly contained operations. As McAuliffe and Mence (2014) noted, the infrastructure of the refugee smuggling business is loosely structured. In Nick's case, the agents form temporary business alliances within and across countries, and they are perceived as ad-hoc task forces who are specialised in completing certain activities (e.g., recruitment, collecting money, arranging routes and transportations, travelling with the migrants) and dealing with each other on a one-to-one basis.…”