Przypływ który nie unosi żadnej łodzi. Unia Europejska wobec rozwoju transnarodowej ekonomii krymigracyjnej
The tide that has not lifted any boat. The European Union and development of the transnational economy of crimigration

Summary/Abstract: The author of this article focuses on investigating the relationship between ‘explosion’ of irregular migration to Europe and increasing importance of transnational criminal networks.The starting point is assumption that the transnational economy of crimigration (TEC) is driven by a non-legal activity of private actors (supply side) and potential migrants who report the demand for this kind of services, often not realizing the full extent of consequences of entry into contractual relationships with groups of smugglers (the demand side). It is also assumed that dynamics of the transnational economy of crimigration is one of the main causes of rising wave of irregular migration and the ‘migration crisis’ in the European Union.

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