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Vietnamees slachtoffer truckdrama verdween uit Nederlandse opvang
LOST IN EUROPE
Children are disappearing all over Europe
Argos is one of the initiators of Lost in Europe, an international collective of investigative journalists who investigate how it is possible that thousands of refugee children disappear from the radar upon arrival in Europe, and what has happened to them.
Research by Lost in Europe earlier this year showed that the route from Vietnam to the Netherlands and England is controlled by smuggling networks with links to the Vietnamese, Chinese, Albanian and Eastern European mafia.
Protected shelter staff in the Netherlands told Argos that 'on the same day, children are picked up from different locations'. They also indicate that they are being observed, and that at night there are cars with flashing lights at the location. We simply can't stop that.
In England, undocumented Vietnamese have been discovered as forced labourers on cannabis plantations and in nail studios. Vietnamese migrants have been in the top 3 of potential victims of human trafficking for years. In the past 10 years more than 3000 victims have been registered.
In Belgium, 44 underage Vietnamese disappeared from reception locations in 2.5 years, according to Lost in Europe partner Knack. In addition, they observed a sharp increase in Vietnamese nail salons, where the inspection regularly comes across undocumented workers who are being exploited.
In Germany, many more Vietnamese disappear from the radar. The RBB, the public broadcaster in Berlin, discovered that 474 Vietnamese children disappeared from the shelter in the German capital alone. "We are talking about human trafficking and modern slavery," according to the Polish Public Prosecutor Michal Smetowsk to the RBB. A number of smugglers of human beings are now on trial in Poznan, Poland. They are said to have smuggled at least 300 Vietnamese, including many minors, to Germany. Smetowski: "They deliberately misled the victims and their families by promising their work. They let them work without pay and let them go hungry. They hit them and raped a girl. We assume that some of them were taken to massage parlours and brothels."
The Vietnamese who were found dead in a truck in Essex were also smuggled by a professional international network. The Vietnamese authorities arrested 11 people in the provinces of Ha Thin and Nghe An who were allegedly involved in the smuggling ring. Five suspects were arrested in the United Kingdom.
BBM
I'd love to know who the 11 are and their connections to the UK.