The strength to carry on : Resilience and vulnerability to trafficking and other abuses among people travelling along migration routes to Europe

This study analyses the incidence of human trafficking among people travelling along these routes; factors of resilience to human trafficking and other abuses; and factors of vulnerability to human trafficking and other abuses. Throughout the research findings, the significance of the context of these migration routes is evident. The geography of the routes, as well as the policies and practices applied during different periods in different places, all determine the experiences of the people using these routes. Experiences are also impacted by the length of the journey in terms of time, and the different obstacles encountered along the way, particularly obstacles that people had not prepared for in planning their journeys. A further determinant is the groups that people travel with for the different sections of the routes.