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The study of transnational mobility brokers (in the context of migration, tourism and the like) offers us many insights into the intricate mechanisms of border crossings, hereby illuminating broader contexts and processes. Even if the ability to move freely across borders is spread very unevenly within countries and across the globe, virtually everybody who is on the move transnationally relies, in one way or the other, on border-crossing broker services (whether seen as formal or informal, legal or illegal). The effects of cross-border brokerage practices are multiple and multifaceted (and by no means necessarily beneficial to those involved). In many cases, new boundaries are constructed even as borders are crossed. Importantly, cross-border brokers gain (often financially but also in terms of other personal advantages) from the mediation of something that they do not directly control themselves. In their role, they often come up against internal contradictions. 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The study of transnational mobility brokers (in the context of migration, tourism and the like) offers us many insights into the intricate mechanisms of border crossings, hereby illuminating broader contexts and processes. Even if the ability to move freely across borders is spread very unevenly within countries and across the globe, virtually everybody who is on the move transnationally relies, in one way or the other, on border-crossing broker services (whether seen as formal or informal, legal or illegal). The effects of cross-border brokerage practices are multiple and multifaceted (and by no means necessarily beneficial to those involved). In many cases, new boundaries are constructed even as borders are crossed. Importantly, cross-border brokers gain (often financially but also in terms of other personal advantages) from the mediation of something that they do not directly control themselves. In their role, they often come up against internal contradictions. 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