RT Article
T1 ‘Once they pass you, they may be gone forever’: humanitarian duties and professional tensions in safeguarding and anti-trafficking at the border
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 57
IS 4
SP 945
OP 963
A1 Hadjimatheou, Katerina
A1 Lynch, Jennifer K.
A2 Lynch, Jennifer K.
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1565065026
AB 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.
K1 Trafficking
K1 Safeguarding
K1 Border control
K1 Immigration
K1 Humanitarian borders
K1 Human rights
K1 Menschenschmuggel
K1 Prävention
DO 10.1093/bjc/azw027