Trafficking And Migration

Moving on to why women migrate, feminists have discovered a number of economic push and pull factors that suggest why women choose to migrate. Before, it was believed that only men migrated, but now there is evidence to prove that a lot of women are also migrating. Hence, today almost half of the people who migrate from one place to the other are women. They make up both international migrants who move from one country to the other, and external migrants who simply relocate to others parts of the same country. Furthermore, most of these women migrant workers also become the main income earners for themselves and their families (Martin, 2004: 4). On the other hand, some would argue that this perceived increase of migrant women is actually false, …show more content…
Additionally, Feminists have studied migrant families, and revealed that the rise in economic prospects has brought about what is to known as the feminization of migration, this simply means that more and more migrant women are pursuing job opportunities in areas such as domestic work. On the other part, women also want to and choose to migrate due to some other issues that are strictly not based on economical or financial …show more content…
Hence, there exists a Europol report on human trafficking, which states exactly the threats that illegal migration poses to states. This specific report also talks about the connection between trafficking and organised crime. Another report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) states that trafficking is the most threatening aspect of migration because it involves other complex issues such as drug trafficking and arms trafficking (Aradau, 2004: 251, 252). As a country any government is correct to be fearful of every aspect of trafficking and this is because it confirms that there are weaknesses in state security and loopholes in the state system, which are clearly been taken advantage of by these traffickers. Also, crimes such as drug trafficking and gun trafficking do nothing but intensify an already existing insecurity that states are facing. The literature on trafficking also connects with a humanitarian discourse. This humanitarian discourse focuses on seeing trafficked women as victims whose right to liberty, freedom and dignity have been taken away, it is a view that these women are to be seen as innocent victims and not as criminals. It focuses on tending to the needs of trafficked women, the humanitarian aspect also suggests that trafficking is not a threat to the state, but instead it’s a threat to the woman. Hence, Instead of