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The Smuggling Game: Playing with life and death to reach Europe

by Lin Taylor and Valeria Cardi | @linnytayls | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Tuesday, 28 March 2017 10:00 GMT

Millions of people fleeing conflict and poverty are gambling their futures and life savings with people smugglers – strangers who play with their lives in dangerous cat-and-mouse chases with border authorities known as “The Game”.

But who wins and who loses as rising numbers of migrants risk everything to reach safety?

The Smuggling Game
Playing with life and death to reach Europe
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