- Laws of Fiji

Last Updated: 10 October 2023

(1) A person who knowingly engages in the smuggling of migrants in one or more of the following circumstances—

(a)the unauthorised migrant is, or is intended to be, subject to exploitation;
(b)the unauthorised migrant is subjected to torture or to any other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment;
(c)the life or safety of the unauthorised migrant is, or is likely to be, endangered,

commits an offence of aggravated smuggling of migrants.

(2) Subsection (1) applies whether or not the unauthorised migrant arrives in the receiving country.