Citation

Weatherhead KT. Anti-Traffick. Rev. 2018; 11: 121-124.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW))

DOI

10.14197/atr.201218118

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Response to the ATR Debate Proposition: 'It is important and necessary to make clear distinctions between (irregular) migrants, refugees and trafficked persons.'

Upon first reading this issue's debate proposition, I was struck by its structure rather than its content. Its content is subject to lively discussions among scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers, as attested to by other contributions in this issue of the journal. Its curious structure, though, raises issues that merit articulation. In what follows, I briefly problematise the bracketing of the word 'irregular' in the debate proposition. What the brackets do is prompt an additional question: migrants, irregular migrants, or (irregular) migrants?

Language: en

Keywords

anti-trafficking; anti-trafficking review; gender; human rights; human trafficking; human trafficking journal; immigration; journal; labour rights; migration; review; rights; sex work; trafficked persons; trafficking; trafficking in persons; transnational crime; women