Editing People smuggling (section)

==Law enforcement and discouragement==

Thus far, global efforts to curb and stymie the growing tide of smuggled individuals have been largely focused on the apprehension and deportation of individual migrants. Little has been done in the way of dismantling the organizations behind the business of people smuggling. According to the [[UNODC]], "[t]ackling migrant smuggling necessitates a comprehensive, multi-dimensional response, which begins with addressing the socio-economic root causes of irregular migration to prevent it, and goes through to prosecution of criminals who commit smuggling-related crimes".<ref name="unodc1">{{cite web |url=http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/faqs-migrant-smuggling.html |title=United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |website=www.unodc.org |access-date=2024-12-23}}</ref> At the same time, scientific studies on the counterproductive aspects of security policies have shown "how smugglers, as a category of actors playing a specific part in the global migration process, are directly manufactured by the migration policies".<ref>{{cite journal |first=Julien |last=Brachet |title=Manufacturing Smugglers: From Irregular to Clandestine Mobility in the Sahara' |journal=The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science |volume=676 |number=1 |date=2018 |pages=16–35 |doi=10.1177/0002716217744529|s2cid=150007646 }}</ref>
	
Other proposals include focusing not on banning or trying to stifle the smuggling industry, but on undercutting it. Michael Jandl from the International Center for Migration Policy Development, an intergovernmental think-tank based in Vienna, has suggested that governments issue temporary visas in the smugglers' best markets at fees priced to compete with the smugglers' rates. Under this proposed plan, one-third of the visa fee could be returned to immigrants upon their departure, and opportunities to purchase additional visas in the future would be available for those who did not break any rules.<ref name="economist2005"/>
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In January 2025, the UK introduced 'world first' sanctions regime against people smugglers by cutting off the illicit financing that fuels their operations. The sanctions include measures such as asset freezes, travel bans, and social media blackouts. These actions aim to prevent and disrupt irregular migration and the smuggling of migrants into the UK.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brown |first=Faye |title=UK to introduce 'world first' sanctions regime to target people smugglers |date=8 January 2025 |url=https://news.sky.com/story/uk-to-introduce-world-first-sanctions-regime-to-target-people-smugglers-13285613 |website=The Independent |access-date=12 January 2025}}</ref>