Migrant Women As “Prey”

This is likely shocking to none of our readers, but from the NYT: On Perilous Migrant Trail, Women Often Become Prey to Sexual Abuse.

The article notes that all migrants to Europe face a perilous journey. “But at each step of the way, the dangers are amplified for women.”

As one migrant said: “Everybody knows there are two ways of paying the smugglers,” she said. “With money or with your body.”

The dangers facing migrants in Europe are no different from those facing Central Americans coming to the United States. I’m still haunted by the scene in Which Way Home where one of the young boys recounts seeing the gang rape of a mother and her young daughter inside of a rail car.

-KitJ