Abstract:

The dynamic and ongoing nature of migration optimize the preferences of individuals who decide on the migration process, influenced by the socio-spatial conditions of the countries. While the social changes experienced with globalization accelerated population mobility, it also accelerated the migration process to settlements, which are seen as attraction centers. These developments have caused countries not only to manage migration but also to combat a crime in which migration is an object. Purpose: This study analyzes the concept of international migration on the basis of the minimum wage, which is among the social policy instruments, thanks to the data obtained through Eurostat regarding the countries with high migration rates in the European Union. Such a response to the economic purpose of searching for the ideal process of seeking individuals who decide to migrate, migrant smuggling showing an increase in recent years in Turkey shed light on the crime. Method/Design/Methodology/Approach: In the study, secondary data analysis technique was used within the framework of quantitative research method, and the effect of the migration variable, which was understood to increase cumulatively by years, on the minimum wage based on the national currencies of the countries was tested. Also, relational situation on the number of irregular migrants, migrant smuggling crimes has been investigated in particular Turkey. Findings: According to the non-parametric test results, a negative relationship was found between immigration intensity and the minimum wages of countries. Also, the importance of social networking in terms of geography and migration routes has confirmed to us after 2015 because of increasing immigration rates in Spain and Turkey. It has been understood that in the last decade, the increase in migrant smuggling crimes in Turkey. Originality: Migrants in Turkey due to the concept of social networks in terms of specific migrant smuggling crimes were reflected in the rising crime statistics based on relational year and was questioned again the importance of the role of organized crime theories.

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