Serial Article
DOI |
10.23791/570410 |
URL |
http://pacific-geographies.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PG57_0410.pdf |
Full Title
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Pacific Geographies |
Publisher (01) |
Association of Pacific Studies |
Country of publication |
Germany
(DE)
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ISSN
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2199-9104 |
Product Form |
Online Journal
(JD)
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Journal Issue Number |
57 |
Journal Issue Date (YYYY) |
2022 |
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.
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