Sea rescue NGOs : a pull factor of irregular migration?

dc.contributor.authorCUSUMANO, Eugenio
dc.contributor.authorVILLA, Matteo
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-18T09:45:27Z
dc.date.available2019-11-18T09:45:27Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe argument that maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) operations act as a ‘pull factor’ of irregular seaborne migration has become commonplace during the Mediterranean ‘refugee crisis’. This claim has frequently been used to criticize humanitarian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) conducting SAR off the coast of Libya, which are considered to provide “an incentive for human smugglers to arrange departures” (Italian Senate 2017: 9). In this policy brief, we scrutinise this argument by examining monthly migratory flows from Libya to Italy between 2014 and October 2019. We find no relationship between the presence of NGOs at sea and the number of migrants leaving Libyan shores. Although more data and further research are needed, the results of our analysis call into question the claim that non-governmental SAR operations are a pull factor of irregular migration across the Mediterranean sea.en
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dc.identifier.doi10.2870/644458
dc.identifier.isbn9789290847991
dc.identifier.issn2467-4540
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/65024
dc.language.isoenen
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dc.publisherEuropean University Instituteen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Briefsen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2019/22en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMigration Policy Centreen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.migrationpolicycentre.eu/en
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.subjectNGOsen
dc.subjectSea rescueen
dc.subjectSARen
dc.subjectMediterraneanen
dc.subjectMigration crisisen
dc.titleSea rescue NGOs : a pull factor of irregular migration?en
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