‘Once they pass you, they may be gone forever’: humanitarian duties and professional tensions in safeguarding and anti-trafficking at the border

Border crossings are considered sites of unique opportunity to identify and protect victims of trafficking. UK government reforms have given Border Officers new roles and responsibilities as humanitarian first responders. This paper explores how Border Officers reconcile this aspect of their work wi...

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1. VerfasserIn: Hadjimatheou, Katerina (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Lynch, Jennifer K.
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2017
In: The British journal of criminology
Jahr: 2017, Band: 57, Heft: 4, Seiten: 945-963
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Border control
Humanitarian borders
Human rights
Immigration
Menschenschmuggel
Prävention
Safeguarding
Trafficking
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Zusammenfassung:Border crossings are considered sites of unique opportunity to identify and protect victims of trafficking. UK government reforms have given Border Officers new roles and responsibilities as humanitarian first responders. This paper explores how Border Officers reconcile this aspect of their work with their role as enforcers of immigration law and their increasingly militarized status as protectors of national sovereignty and security. Drawing on in-depth interviews with a specialized team of Safeguarding and Anti-trafficking (SAT) Officers at a UK airport, we identify the emergence of a distinct SAT subculture, characterized by a sense of moral purpose and moral community, and of doing difficult but meaningful and highly skilled work that others are too indifferent, feckless or intimidated by to take on.
ISSN:1464-3529
DOI:10.1093/bjc/azw027