Cost of Australia’s smuggling solution hard to determine
It’s difficult to determine exactly how much money Australia’s stop-the-boats policies have saved taxpayers, or what the true cost is.
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Tides of migrants risk death, abuse for new lives
BERLIN: Firaz, a 22-year-old refugee from the Syrian civil war, almost drowned crossing the Mediterranean in an overloaded boat with a broken motor. “This is just a business for these people,” he says of the smugglers … Read more
An industry built on human misery
As nations around the world grapple with the people smuggling trade, vital questions beg answers. How many criminals are involved in smuggling? Who are they? How many desperate people are smuggled each year? And how many lives are lost along the way?