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Serial Article

DOI data
DOI 10.23791/570410
URL http://pacific-geographies.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PG57_0410.pdf

Journal Data

Full Title
Pacific Geographies
Publisher (01) Association of Pacific Studies
Country of publication Germany (DE)
ISSN 2199-9104
Product Form Online Journal (JD)
Epub Format PDF (02)

Journal Issue Data
Journal Issue Number 57
Journal Issue Date (YYYY) 2022
Serial Article Data
Title Scapegoating juvenile ‘people smugglers’ from Indonesia: poverty, crime, and punishment
By (author) (A01) Antje Missbach
Affiliation Bielefeld University, Faculty of Sociology, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany, Full Professor
By (author) (A01) Wayne Palmer
Affiliation Bielefeld University, Faculty of Sociology, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
Number of Pages 7
First Page 04
Last Page 10
Language of text English (eng)
Publication Date (YYYY) 2022
Abstract
Main description (01)
This article introduces two case studies of underage transporters from Indonesia, who brought asylum seekers to Australia by boat and thus were convicted and jailed for the crime of people smuggling. In light of the hyper-politicised issue of people smuggling and the need to find punishable perpetrators, transporters have become the main target of anti-people-smuggling law enforcement. Both transporters came from poor families and started working early on in their lives, which also involved their deceptive recruitment into people-smuggling networks. But the outcome of their prosecutions differs substantially, not least, as one of them was convicted in an Australian court and the other in Indonesia. In this article, we problematise the culpability of underage smugglers and argue for more lenient treatment by law-enforcement authorities.