Experiences of Rohingya's journey to Malaysia: Smuggled or trafficked

Two protocols on human smuggling and human trafficking under United Nation Convention against Transnational Organized Crime explicate the differences between human smuggling and human trafficking. The popular assumption on human smuggling and trafficking is that is operated by organized criminal gro...

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Main Author:	Wan Yusoff, Wan Mazwati
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling	iium-649152018-08-20T03:29:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/64915/ Experiences of Rohingya's journey to Malaysia: Smuggled or trafficked Wan Yusoff, Wan Mazwati H Social Sciences (General) Two protocols on human smuggling and human trafficking under United Nation Convention against Transnational Organized Crime explicate the differences between human smuggling and human trafficking. The popular assumption on human smuggling and trafficking is that is operated by organized criminal groups. Within this framework, this study attempts todetermine how the Rohingas entered Malaysia, their experiences during the journey to Malaysia and who were the agents involved in transporting them into Malaysia. This preliminary study provides literature and empirical data on human smuggling and trafficking which is wanting. This is significant for further action by the policy makers as well as providing valuable information for social workers when dealing with the Rohingya refugees. Qualitative research method was employed to conduct the study. The participants were 45 Rohingya's who lived in Ampang, Selangor. They were interviewed in sharing of experience sessions to collect data. The data were transcribed and analyzed qualitatively. the findings revealed harrowing experiences of being transported from one place to another a very inhuman condition and confirmed the assumption that the Rohingya's were both smuggled and trafficked into Malaysia with exorbitant fees while the agents were not necessarily from big organized criminal groups. 2017 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64915/1/Experiences%20of%20Rohingyas%E2%80%99%20Journey%20into%20Malaysia.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64915/2/ICMR%202017%20IIUM.pdf Wan Yusoff, Wan Mazwati (2017) Experiences of Rohingya's journey to Malaysia: Smuggled or trafficked. In: International Conference on Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Issues and Shifting Paradigms (ICMR 2017), 5th-7th December 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
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description	Two protocols on human smuggling and human trafficking under United Nation Convention against Transnational Organized Crime explicate the differences between human smuggling and human trafficking. The popular assumption on human smuggling and trafficking is that is operated by organized criminal groups. Within this framework, this study attempts todetermine how the Rohingas entered Malaysia, their experiences during the journey to Malaysia and who were the agents involved in transporting them into Malaysia. This preliminary study provides literature and empirical data on human smuggling and trafficking which is wanting. This is significant for further action by the policy makers as well as providing valuable information for social workers when dealing with the Rohingya refugees. Qualitative research method was employed to conduct the study. The participants were 45 Rohingya's who lived in Ampang, Selangor. They were interviewed in sharing of experience sessions to collect data. The data were transcribed and analyzed qualitatively. the findings revealed harrowing experiences of being transported from one place to another a very inhuman condition and confirmed the assumption that the Rohingya's were both smuggled and trafficked into Malaysia with exorbitant fees while the agents were not necessarily from big organized criminal groups.
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author	Wan Yusoff, Wan Mazwati
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title	Experiences of Rohingya's journey to Malaysia: Smuggled or trafficked
title_short	Experiences of Rohingya's journey to Malaysia: Smuggled or trafficked
title_full	Experiences of Rohingya's journey to Malaysia: Smuggled or trafficked
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publishDate	2017
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