The Price of Hope: Traffickers Profit as Asylum Seekers Head for Europe

More than 150,000 refugees have landed in 2014 on the Italian coastline, most of them hoping to continue north. As the EU struggles to find an answer, human traffickers are raking in billions. Major feature.

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ESO: Background information: Migrants in the Mediterranean: Europe's new disappeared http://www.europeansources.info/record/migrants-in-the-mediterranean-europes-new-disappeared/

ESO: Background information: EU solidarity abandoned on Mediterranean shores http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-solidarity-abandoned-on-mediterranean-shores/

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