people smuggler
Illegal crossing facilitator
A people smuggler is someone who transports migrants across borders illegally, typically for payment.
Unlike human trafficking, people smuggling implies the migrants are willing participants seeking to circumvent immigration controls: The people smugglers charged thousands of dollars per person to cross the border.
The term often appears in news coverage of migration crises.
Wild North American canid
- snakeheadCriminal who moves migrants
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- gangsOrganized criminal groups
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
clandestine · black market · forgery · bribery · corruption · network · organized crime · safe house
One who relocates
- undocumentedNot officially recorded
- caravanTraveling group with goods
- asylum seekerOne requesting official protection
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
visa · passport · deportation · detention · immigration · irregular · unauthorized entry · border patrol
Person fleeing danger abroad
- asylumShelter from persecution
- fleeDepart swiftly from threat
- escapeFlight from captivity
- displacedShifted from proper location
stranded · crisis · poverty · hopelessness · survival · peril · suffering · persecution
Illegal goods dealer
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- victimizationBeing made to suffer
- extortionObtaining through threats
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
predatory · profit · greed · vulnerability · human cargo · bondage · debt bondage · false promises
coyote
Wild North American canid
underground · clandestine · black market · forgery · bribery · corruption · network · organized crime · safe house · hideout
migrant
One who relocates
- undocumentedNot officially recorded
- caravanTraveling group with goods
- asylum seekerOne requesting official protection
refugee · visa · passport · deportation · detention · immigration · irregular · unauthorized entry · border patrol · exodus
refugee
Person fleeing danger abroad
displaced · stranded · crisis · poverty · hopelessness · survival · peril · suffering · persecution · stateless
trafficker
Illegal goods dealer
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- victimizationBeing made to suffer
- extortionObtaining through threats
deception · predatory · profit · greed · vulnerability · human cargo · bondage · debt bondage · false promises · abuse
border
Outer edge or limit
transit · passage · Mediterranean · desert · jungle · truck · boat · dinghy · checkpoint · fence
people smugglerborder patrol agent
Frontier security officer
border guard · customs officer · ICE agent · coast guard · immigration judge
people, smuggler, person, persons, peoples, peopled, peopling, smuggle, smuggles