Traffickers turn to teenagers to drive migrant boats across Mediterranean

From Global development | The Guardian Tue Nov 18 2014, 12:16:26

People smugglers in Egypt and Libya are escaping justice by using children to ferry migrants to Europe, leaving the youngsters to face jail and huge fines

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