The Geopolitical Context of Migrant Routes and Its Impact on Organised Crime in the Republic of North Macedonia
As a country with a specific geopolitical and geostrategic position, North Macedonia, positioned in the centre of the Balkan Peninsula, is subject to illegal migration and is located at the crossroads of migrant routes leading from Asia and Africa to Central and Western Europe. Therefore, the articl...
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| description | As a country with a specific geopolitical and geostrategic position, North Macedonia, positioned in the centre of the Balkan Peninsula, is subject to illegal migration and is located at the crossroads of migrant routes leading from Asia and Africa to Central and Western Europe. Therefore, the article makes an effort to answer two related questions. The first question refers to the geopolitical context of migrant routes and their impact on the increase in migrant smuggling, while the second one is the focus of migrant smuggling within organised crime groups. In terms of time, the research covers the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. The methodology of this paper is based on an analysis of policy documents from open sources. Also, the authors surveyed more than one hundred Macedonian police officers who work directly on the borders and engage in the suppression of smuggling migrants, and an in-depth interview with the head of the National Unit for Combating Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in North Macedonia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-85c258894b394bf2a0bc4a763d2b85012024-01-17T12:19:58ZengLodz University PressInternational Studies: Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal2300-86952022-06-01291496710.18778/1641-4233.29.0411213The Geopolitical Context of Migrant Routes and Its Impact on Organised Crime in the Republic of North MacedoniaToni Mileski0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7357-1101Daniela Pacemska1https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1808-1653Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, North MacedoniaMinistry of Interior, Organised and Serious Crime Department, North MacedoniaAs a country with a specific geopolitical and geostrategic position, North Macedonia, positioned in the centre of the Balkan Peninsula, is subject to illegal migration and is located at the crossroads of migrant routes leading from Asia and Africa to Central and Western Europe. Therefore, the article makes an effort to answer two related questions. The first question refers to the geopolitical context of migrant routes and their impact on the increase in migrant smuggling, while the second one is the focus of migrant smuggling within organised crime groups. In terms of time, the research covers the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. The methodology of this paper is based on an analysis of policy documents from open sources. Also, the authors surveyed more than one hundred Macedonian police officers who work directly on the borders and engage in the suppression of smuggling migrants, and an in-depth interview with the head of the National Unit for Combating Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in North Macedonia.https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/international/article/view/11313geopoliticsillegal migrationmigrant routesorganised crimemigrant smuggling |
| spellingShingle | Toni Mileski Daniela Pacemska The Geopolitical Context of Migrant Routes and Its Impact on Organised Crime in the Republic of North Macedonia International Studies: Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal geopolitics illegal migration migrant routes organised crime migrant smuggling |
| title | The Geopolitical Context of Migrant Routes and Its Impact on Organised Crime in the Republic of North Macedonia |
| title_full | The Geopolitical Context of Migrant Routes and Its Impact on Organised Crime in the Republic of North Macedonia |
| title_fullStr | The Geopolitical Context of Migrant Routes and Its Impact on Organised Crime in the Republic of North Macedonia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Geopolitical Context of Migrant Routes and Its Impact on Organised Crime in the Republic of North Macedonia |
| title_short | The Geopolitical Context of Migrant Routes and Its Impact on Organised Crime in the Republic of North Macedonia |
| title_sort | geopolitical context of migrant routes and its impact on organised crime in the republic of north macedonia |
| topic | geopolitics illegal migration migrant routes organised crime migrant smuggling |
| url | https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/international/article/view/11313 |
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