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Why The “Captains” Of Migrant Trafficking Boats Are Often The First Victims

Photo of Migrants Rescued in Mediterranean Sea
First approach of the rescue boat of the Spanish vessel ''Aita Mari'' to a precarious metal boat carrying 40 sub-Saharan migrants. Ximena Borrazas/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire

Since 2015, Europe’s strategy to stop irregular migration has focused on arresting so-called smugglers. But those steering the vessels are usually desperate migrants themselves, forced to take the helm.

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