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High risk, high return: how Europe’s policies play into the hands of people-smugglers (2018)

The EU crackdown on human smuggling has only served to accelerate the cycle of desperate journeys, making them more perilous than ever – while enriching those who peddle dreams of a new life.

The Guardian, 20 June 2018; a German version was published in der Freitag, 26/2018.

Wijnand Nuijen: Shipwreck on a Rocky Coast (ca 1837), Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Author adminPosted on June 20, 2018July 13, 2018Categories Migrant Deaths Media, Thomas Blogs

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