Abstract

Migration in the Middle East is an issue that rarely receives coverage in the Western media. In the West “Middle East” is typically associated with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict the geopolitics of oil or more recently with the Iraq war. Other problems that beset the region are often neglected or treated as part of a broader problem of political instability. One of these issues is migration. As this article intends to show there is growing concern in the region about migration especially illegal migration. The aim of this article is threefold. First it shall provide a survey of literature and research on irregular migration especially the trafficking of human beings. Second by providing a literature survey the article intends to map out some distinct characteristics of human trafficking in the Middle East. Lastly it shall identify gaps in the literature and make some suggestions for future research on human trafficking in the Middle East. (excerpt)

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