Journal on Policy & Complex Systems Volume 3, Issue 2 | Page 158

Victim-Centered Approach for Detection of Human Trafficking Victims
tion that migrants are aware of outcomes with their connections and may alter their perceptions of cooperation based on an empathy with the recent outcome of m 0
. This similarity comparison is based on the specific immigration policy being employed by the state agent ( described previously ). If the state is using an “ economic ” policy , migrant
m i counts cooperation strategy y of agent m 0 with a multiplier if m i has the same skill level k as agent m 0 , making m 0 more influential . Similarly , if the state is using a “ humanitarian ” policy , migrant m i counts cooperation strategy y of agent m 0 with a multiplier if m i has the same migrant motive v as agent m 0
.
We denote a second set of migrants waiting to be processed — the remainder of the migrant population that has not yet been processed by the authorities — as , where migrants
have no first-order connection to the migrant agent , m 0
. Each agent will count their first-order connections and imitate the majority cooperation strategy y . Note that agent could include agent m 0 in , but , as they are not a first-order connection of m 0
, no multiplier is used .
State Agent
The state agent interacts with the migrants and determines whether they will be granted entry . Therefore , in this scenario , the state agent may be described as any state authority that makes determinations on whether a migrant agent will be granted entry into the country ( e . g ., law enforcement , customs , or immigration officials ). Our approach assumes a single instantiation of this agent type that interacts with individual migrant agents .
State Agent Instance Variables
The state agent uses the following instance variables shown in Table 2 .
The migrant entry quota Q may proportionally represent real-world quota limits for migrant entries granted . For example , Germany agreed to grant up to 27,000 asylum requests , but from an overall population of more than 1 million migrants , which translates to approximately 3 % of the migrant flow . In the context of our model , this is a quota limit of 51 migrants , or approximately 3 % of the total migrant population .
Table 2 . Instance variables for the state agent
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