
Human trafficking
Corruption and growing conflict in Asian and African countries are compelling more and more people to try to seek refuge at places where life is bearable. Many countries in Asia and Africa are beset by corruption, bad governance, official incompetence and ruling elites who are only serving their own interests. Governments are failing to create jobs; people are dying for lack of medicines and other basic facilities in hospitals; they are dying of hunger due to the lack of purchasing power though food is available in abundance. People are running away from countries ridden with corruption and conflict. While fleeing their countries hundreds drown at sea.
Climate change is also forcing people to migrate from their ancestral lands. Growing sea intrusion into deltaic areas has swallowed up large swathes of land forcing people to move away. Experts believe one of the causes of Brexit is the increasing migration from countries hit by corruption, conflict and climate change.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 23rd, 2019.
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