What’s not being said in Britain’s “small boat” crossings debate

The European Union states; “human trafficking is a highly lucrative business with a lower risk of detection for perpetrators than many other forms of crime. Globally, traffickers make estimated profits of €29.4 billion in a single year.” 

“The victims have no trust in the support services around them, in the police or in themselves. They think they are not taken seriously and that they are culprits rather than victims”, said Merel Van Groningen, a human trafficking survivor. 

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“Why spend $10,000 USD on getting married, when you can spend it on getting out?” This was the question posed in a Reuters article in 2021. 

Reoccurring conflict and the natural desire for a better life, left one Kurdish town in a situation, where people were paying up to $12,000 to get smuggled into Europe. 

One Iraqi Kurdish smuggler in Shiladze said he had arranged the trip for about 200 people but a local journalist said it could be as high as 400 people. 

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In March, a human trafficker spoke direct to Sky News on how people make it to Britain on small boats, claiming “smugglers are just doing business”. 

“If there are too many migrants, the prices go up"…"from €500 to €2,500” and “if there aren’t enough people then the prices drop”. 

“Different nationalities also affect the prices” and according to the interview, “three-quarters of the smugglers are already in Britain” and “the money they make, they invest in business there.”