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Out of West Africa: Human Smuggling as a Social Enterprise

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Drawing on 18 months of ethnographic research in Senegal, this article focuses on the sociality of migrant facilitation. Although it has become relatively common in media and policy reports to suggest that irregular migrants are manipulated by greedy and unscrupulous human smugglers, this article shows how migrants in Senegal are often familiar with their handlers and are more likely to call them a friend ( ami ) than a criminal. Also, most migrants do not see themselves as “smuggled,†which implies victimhood. Rather, they see themselves as making calculated choices to migrate based on a host of social factors. By exploring the relationships between handlers and migrants, this article reveals the social worlds of negotiation, assistance, and protection that feature prominently in West African migrant narratives and practices.

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  • Stephanie Maher, 2018. "Out of West Africa: Human Smuggling as a Social Enterprise," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 676(1), pages 36-56, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:676:y:2018:i:1:p:36-56
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716217743935
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