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Chairs: Max Deninzon & Shuheng Yan
Moderator: Grace Zhou Email: [email protected] & [email protected] Topic: Migrant Smuggling Every year, countless Africans are smuggled across borders from poorer countries to wealthier countries, exploited for labor, sex, organs, and other atrocious crimes. Oftentimes, the push factor of a country is too devastating for them to stay, including poverty, hunger, natural disasters, political instability and more. On the other hand, smugglers find this to be a profitable business, offering risky and partisan deals to those desperately in need. Thus, it must be understood that the issue does not lie entirely within the migrants, but also within exploitative dealers, the state of the country, education/employment accessibility, and such. Statistics continue to show an overall increase in migrant smuggling, most notable in unstable countries, typically presenting ‘weaker’ borders that are easier to cross in comparison to nearby countries. As a result, concentrated exploitations within Africa occur, such as in the Sahel. Delegates will be expected to view this situation holistically, approaching the topic through a lens that aligns with their assigned country’s policy, ensuring long term solutions, such as stabilizing countries, and short-term solutions to reduce migrant smuggling. 
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