Current immigration policy and inequalities: do they foster human trafficking networks? The Nigerian context: a Social Work view with a gender perspective

The aim of this article is to reflect on international immigration and current immigration policy in Spain, and its connection to economic inequalities and other immigration drivers in a specific context such as the Nigerian one. The intention is to reconsider the issue from a gender and social work perspective so as to examine whether trafficking networks could be developing as an alternative for Nigerian women despite their subsequent exploitation as a result. The article is the result of reflections upon certain conclusions from the author's doctoral thesis.