Drones guiding smugglers from across the border via BorderReport — From Quemado, Texas, to Menagers, Arizona, migrant smugglers are using commercial drones to try getting past a gauntlet of cameras and U.S. Border Patrol agents.

Migrant smugglers are utilizing commercial drones to evade U.S. Border Patrol and cameras along the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Yesterday marked the launch of the European Centre Against Migrant Smuggling (ECAMS): a major step in strengthening Europe’s response to #MigrantSmuggling.

➡️ Europol is now hiring a Head of Department to lead the new centre.

🔗 Apply before 13 April: https://ow.ly/LyWv50Yyggh

🔍 With our new European Centre Against Migrant Smuggling (ECAMS), we're going even more digital, data-driven, and global to dismantle #MigrantSmuggling networks.

🌐 Bringing together intelligence, operational coordination and advanced analytics.

Read more about ECAMS: https://ow.ly/49cb50YxXUN

Human trafficking: Nine Indonesians arrested in Pontian JOHOR BAHRU: Nine Indonesians, including a transporter and two sea captains, as well as six migrants, were arrested through an Integrated Short Cut Operation in the Sungai Boh area, Serkat, Pontian today. Pontian District Police Chief Supt Hadzrat Hussien Mion Hussain said the operation at 2am was the result of intelligence information regarding the smuggling of migrants into and out of the country via ungazetted routes. “All those arrested are aged between 24 and 51, including a one-year-old girl and a woman,” he said in a statement. He said a Proton Wira car, a fibre boat with engine, eight mobile […]

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Migrant smuggling: 8-year prison sentences for four Indonesians upheld PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court today upheld the eight-year prison sentences imposed on four Indonesians for smuggling 29 migrants into Malaysia. A three-judge panel led by Chief Justice Datuk Seri Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh made the decision after rejecting the appeals of Zali Saad, 46, Tengku Mohd Bashah Tengku Husin, 34, Adi Bastian Bustami, 50, and Mohd Yusof Husin, 40, against their prison sentences. Wan Ahmad Farid, who sat with Federal Court Judges Datuk Lee Swee Seng and Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah, ordered the four Indonesians to serve their sentences from the date of their arrest, which is Jan 26, […]

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Join Europol to coordinate efforts against organised #MigrantSmuggling, providing intelligence support, advising on EU-level policy, and strengthening cooperation with our partners.

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57% of smugglers interviewed had increased their fees in past 6 six months partly in response to tighter border controls,
61% of smugglers say demand increased, 35% link it directly to stricter border measures.
All findings: https://f.mtr.cool/nnkhrlrdfq

Surveys with smugglers on Central Mediterranean Route shows a business that adapts quickly to restrictions, despite less arrivals in Italy there is: increased demand, shifting routes, & rising fees.
Read all findings:  https://f.mtr.cool/yasvsbaatx
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“We want to bankrupt their businesses through all means available,” U. von der Leyen said yesterday on #MigrantSmuggling
But reducing safe & legal pathways for migrants boosts the smuggling business.
'All means available' must include expanding safe & legal pathways
👇 https://f.mtr.cool/rlatdayvhy

Refugees & migrants facing dangerous journeys are more likely to hire a smuggler.
19% say they use smugglers as a way of protection, but 21% also identified smugglers as perpetrators.
Check our report 'How smuggling really works': https://f.mtr.cool/runtkpqrcw
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Refugees & migrants travelling with smugglers face greater risks: Physical violence is 2x more common among smuggler-users. Some abuse is by smugglers: 21% of refugees & migrants identify smugglers as perpetrators.
Check the evidence: https://f.mtr.cool/vfkrtcfxnl
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How Smuggling Really Works | Mixed Migration Centre Data from 80,000 migrants and 450 smugglers shows how smuggling really works — and why restrictive policies and limited legal pathways strengthen the trade.

People turn to smugglers because of lack of options: 44% of refugees and migrants who resorted to smugglers think smugglers make travel easier; and 39% see no alternative (from surveys with 13,880 refugees & migrants).
All findings: https://f.mtr.cool/zrifdlxqqv
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There are gaps in how smuggling is addressed, and women face a high risk of criminalisation when providing care for their families while on the move. -Gabriella Sanchez

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We provide policymakers with timely, evidence-based insights ahead of the meeting and seek to debunk myths that drive the discourse on smugglers. -Roberto Forin

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A timely report ahead of tomorrow’s discussions, which will focus on preventing migrant smuggling through stronger border action, better access to information, and improved support for law enforcement and judicial authorities...

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Where I disagree with the report is smugglers being only small actors; this is the case in some geographies, but when talking about transcontinental trips, the smuggling ecosystem is larger, though they are loosely organised groups. -Matt Herbert

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The human smuggling ecosystem is driven by actors who are highly adaptive and resilient, with a business model shaped by inflation and government actions. -Matt Herbert

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Reliance on smugglers is deeply political and grows where protection is weak and safe, reliable pathways are absent. -Nathalie Vernhes

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This report challenges long-held myths by bringing the judicial dimension into focus—particularly the experiences of those who have been apprehended, which were often overlooked.

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There are multiple perpetrators involved beyond smugglers, and the route itself is inherently risky. It’s precisely because the journey is so risky that many people turn to smugglers in the first place.

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We are live now, presenting the findings from our report on 'How Smuggling Really Works'.
Join the livestream on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/wolBNlv...

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Webinar starts now on how smuggling really works: do migration policies break the smuggling "business model”?  We look at the evidence policymakers at Global Alliance to Counter Migrant Smuggling should heed in their meeting tomorrow. 
Join: https://f.mtr.cool/xzzprzbgch
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#MigrantSmuggling Restrictions don’t “break the business model” of smugglers — they boost it.
61% of smugglers in West and North Africa say demand increased and 35% link it directly to stricter border measures.
More restrictions = more demand.
All findings: https://f.mtr.cool/akdhkfsfyf

📊State collusion & smuggling: 
👇57% of smugglers report direct contact with officials to facilitate smuggling- mainly to release detainees, guide border crossings, or share patrol info. Most common were police & border control.
The report: https://f.mtr.cool/ahisbqirzh
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State collusion & human smuggling: 
57% of smugglers report contact with state officials to facilitate operations ( n=458)
29% of refugees & migrants who used smugglers report state officials facilitated smuggling (n=13,886)
All findings: https://f.mtr.cool/vxlnpccbxw
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📃 OUT NOW: European Migrant Smuggling Centre's 9th annual report.

Insights into #HumanTrafficking trends and the routes, costs, and transport methods linked to #MigrantSmuggling 🚚

➡️ Download the full report: https://ow.ly/8Jbt50XCHat

A persistant myth is that smugglers lure people into irregular migration.
Surveys with +50,000 refugees & migrants who hired smugglers shows this is not true.
Only 6% say smugglers influenced their decision to migrate. 
Check the evidence: https://f.mtr.cool/lyjxdqewcy
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Hardline migration policies are fuelling people smuggling, report finds As leaders try to break smugglers’ business model, research suggests strategy so far has had opposite effect

"102 smugglers interviewed on the central med route - Even as irregular arrivals to Italy dropped in 2024, nearly half – 44% – of the smugglers said demand for their services had increased, partly because of the tighter border measures"
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: How smuggling really works: Drivers, operations and impacts. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. European states will gather on December 10th in Brussels for the Second Ministerial Conference of the Global Alliance to Counter Migrant Smuggling to discuss how to “break the business model” of smugglers. Yet the European Commission acknowledges that migrant smuggling has never been so profitable or deadly. Despite years of enforcement efforts and increasingly restrictive border controls, smuggling continues to adapt, thrive, and expand. To move beyond rhetoric and ideology, the Mixed Migration Centre’s report “How Smuggling Really Works: Drivers, Operations and Impacts” draws on a unique dataset of over 80,000 interviews with refugees and migrants globally and over 450 interviews with smugglers in West and North Africa, collected since 2019. The findings provide a rare, evidence-based understanding of how smuggling actually operates. From a broader set of issues examined in the report, the webinar will concentrate on four central aspects that best reflect its key findings: 1️⃣Does smuggling drive irregular migration? 2️⃣What are the links between smuggling and risks 3️⃣How smuggling networks operate? And what role do corruption and collusion play in smuggling systems? 4️⃣Do restrictive migration policies “break the business model” of smugglers? Join us to discuss the findings in this landmark report. Agenda 14:00 – 14:10 - Welcome and introduction Roberto Forin, Acting Director, Mixed Migration Centre 14:10 – 14:30 - Presentation of key findings Chloe Sydney, PhD, Research Lead, MMC How Smuggling Really Works: Key Findings Arezo Malakooti, PhD, Independent Consultant and Migration Expert Case Study: Bangladeshi Migration to Italy through Libya 14:30 – 15:00 - Panel Discussion What’s new in the report? How do the findings complement or challenge existing knowledge? What are the implications for anti-smuggling and migration policies more broadly? And what does the Bangladesh–Italy case study reveal about smuggling systems?

Want to discuss how smuggling really works? 
 Join our webinar on Dec 9th at 2PM CET, with a panel discussion on report findings based on surveys with +80,000 migrants & refugees and +450 smugglers.
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As the Global Alliance to Counter Migrant Smuggling meets in Brussels 10 Dec, many persistent myths about migrant smuggling will circulate.
If you want to discuss based on evidence on “How smuggling really works” start here 📄👉: https://f.mtr.cool/evqoydftuy 
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