ABSTRACT

This chapter arises from the concern about the sex trafficking victims in migratory transit through Morocco. Its objective is to show how Europe’s southern border externalization and militarization policies affect the rights of women who are victims of trafficking and how the policies affect the control strategies that trafficking networks exert over the women’s bodies. Human trafficking cannot be understood without the context of supply and demand, and it is within this framework that I situate the cross-border trafficking coming from sub-Saharan Africa, emphasizing two elements: feminization and long transit journeys.