Selling a kidney to reach Europe

Desperate to reach Europe, people from Africa are travelling to Egypt and selling body parts to pay for their onward passage.

According to a 2018 report, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has collected data on 700 incidents of organ trafficking, primarily from north Africa and the Middle East. These figures are conservative at best. The true scale of the industry is difficult to assess as the majority of cases go unreported, with victims reluctant to come forward for fear of deportation, arrest or shame.

The Guardian’s humanity united covers the story here.

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