The Refugee-Trafficking Nexus: Making Good (The) Connections

Abstract

This article analyses the international anti-trafficking framework to demonstrate how the trafficking-migration nexus has led to anti-immigration approaches which impact negatively upon the "refugee-trafficking nexus". In particular, it describes the global governance focus of anti-trafficking and highlights problems with the protection regime under this framework, which misconstrues victims of trafficking. A decade after the creation of the framework, it is clear that a transnational approach has not had the intended impact of removing "impunity" for traffickers. The trafficking issue is far more complex than envisaged by policy makers. An overly gendered governance focus leaves other group..