Lahore 5th of September : In the wake of the twin crisis of increasing unemployment and inflation many of Pakistanis traversing over borders via illegal channels, frequently being victims of a lucrative racket of smugglers who profit from their low income, a report in the media stated.For many people who are fleeing poverty, crossing the border is a matter of having to shell out huge sums of money and even their lives with transnational smugglers demanding to shell out more than 500 000 PKR in the report from The Express Tribune.
Travelling through mountains and no-man’s-land to avoid arrest Most of the young men endure a difficult journey to the promised country’ of Europe, grasping for a chance to make a living as jobs are scarce in their home country.
However, theirs is a flims journey, which can result in more misery as gangs linger in the dark looking for victim, The Express Tribune report stated.
While many are detained at the border of Iran and Turkey which have turned into transit areas for illegal immigrants and are deported to Pakistan while others are pushed to death when authorities in Greece employ disproportionate force to force them to return to Turkey.
Greek security forces at the border with Turkey are also employing hazardous green lasers to stop refugees and migrants from crossing the border.
After being detected by radars Many refugees are caught in a panic and risk their lives in their futile efforts to flee.
Smugglers profit of desperate people who are willing to risk everything in the search of a better life , but they are not able to get legal routes of migration.
As a lot of families find themselves close to famishing greedy smugglers are enthralled by the pain to feed their dark business.
Sources who are privy to the shadowy industry of human trafficking have told The Express Tribune that many greedy agents in the Punjab’s districts, including Wazirabad, Gujrat, Hafizabad, Sialkot, Lala Musa and Jhelum are transferring innocent victims, not aware of the risks of the routes towards European nations via Iran as well as Turkey.
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