Payments to smugglers have exceeded $16 billion in the last 15 years…
Refugees pose an overwhelming humanitarian crisis for Europe. As hundreds of thousands seek safety, they are paying immense sums of money to smugglers. Europe’s crisis is not only an urgent humanitarian disaster, but it has also increased the incredibly lucrative industry of human trafficking.
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