On the way to a better future: Belgium as transit country for trafficking and smuggling of unaccompanied minors

International Migration

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 31-56

  Derluyn, Ilse ^a   Broekaert, Eric ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; POPULATION MIGRATION; SMUGGLING; TRAFFICKING;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 28244443323     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2005.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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