Talk:People smuggling

Underground Railroad?
Would the Underground railroad count as people smuggling? It was, after all, smuggling people - freed slaves - from one country to another. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.144.181.107 (talk) 23:50, 27 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, I believe it would. As also would the actions of the nuns in The Sound of Music, Oscar Schindler, and any number of underground movements over the years which have assisted people to travel where they weren't meant to. It all depends on the politics of it. The article right now pretty much reflects the political imperative of leading politicians in western countries who want to label the people smugglers as the bad guys in what is more often an anti-refugee / anti-immigration stance. But, getting some good references to describe this alternative perspective may be a challenge. HiLo48 (talk) 03:00, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Name of Page
Should it be people smuggling or human smuggling. A Google search reveals more articles under human than people. It would also be more similar to human trafficking. Tedperl (talk) 20:20, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

"Solutions" - a POV heading
A solution is only required if there is a problem. Clearly, people smuggling is a huge political issue all around the world, which means that there are widely varying views as to whether it is a problem or, if it is, how big a problem, and to whom it is a problem. A heading saying "Solutions" implies that the "problem" is obvious and clear. It's not.

As discussed above, the nuns in The Sound of Music, Oscar Schindler, the French Undeground in WWII, and the Underground Railway assisting negro slaves were all examples of people smuggling. Did those examples need solutions?

The whole section headed "Solutions" is NPOV.

HiLo48 (talk) 22:44, 7 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I changed it.--Patrick (talk) 10:24, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

In popular culture
This section was removed in 2009. I've now reinstated one link to Frozen River in the See also section, because it appears relevant. But I've not seen the film, so may be wrong. "In popular culture" content may be worth a read. -- Trevj (talk) 11:00, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Population growth and attempted migration
I think that in many cases migration may primarily be the result of population growth exceeding the Carrying capacity of a location. The problem is of course made worse when food is exported from various deprived areas but, when already highly populated areas receive more people, this only increases demand for a movement of food. There is clearly a problem here which has been well documented by groups like Population Matters and other population concern organizations. The wars and conflicts can logically be interpreted to be reflections of a more fundamental problem underneath. GregKaye 16:14, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

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Soc 314: Wikipedia Critique an Article Assignment
Wonder article, I feel like it has hit all the major components of the subject and remained objective.

1. In the "Human Smuggling" paragraph I suggest citing where it mentions a rise in the amount of smuggling, also a brief statistic e.g a percentage to show by how much has human smuggling increased.

2. In the "coyotes" paragraph it mentions a more sophisticated way of smuggling due to advances in technology. I believe it would make the paragraph more clear to further expand on this idea. Otherwise the audience may still be wondering how the methods have changed. Are the Coyotes finding clientele from farther distances, or maybe using a different vehicle/way to bring people into the country?

Overall, I found this article very informative and interesting!

Mayia FeaginMayiafea (talk) 19:38, 23 February 2017 (UTC) 50164242