The essential difference between routing and smuggling

1. Taking the route: Taking the route means that people illegally cross the border through informal paths, such as mountain roads, rivers or other dangerous areas. This method is often low-cost, because it does not involve the assistance of professional institutions, but relies on the experience and sharing of previous winners. This method is extremely risky and will be life-threatening.

2. Smuggling: Smuggling is more related to organized illegal immigration activities, and it is necessary to pay high fees to the so-called "snakeheads" to arrange the whole illegal entry process. Stowaways will get some basic guarantees, such as work and accommodation arrangements.

3. Historically, with the rise of European capital movement, cross-border commercial trade has gradually increased, and some businessmen began to enter the customs illegally on a large scale under the condition of imperfect laws. For example, during the Ming Dynasty, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and British illegally entered the southeast coastal areas of China, such as Taiwan Province Province, Hongkong and Macau.