One problem for migrants is that Libya has no asylum law, making it impossible to claim refugee status.
The message from the migrants is that the dangers they are fleeing from constitute a far greater threat than the risk of drowning at sea.
Another potential explanation of the gender gap in employment among migrants is that women were less prepared to take up jobs in a different sector or occupation than they had before they migrated.
It's safe to believe the reason Canada remains a juicy option for migrants is that it looks a lot like America but is more polite, more cosmopolitan and less religious.
The migrant doctor exemplified it in the following quote: "... Another thing about migrants is that sometimes they do not really understand.
All the evidence is that migrants put more into the economy than they take out.
"Migrant is a word that strips suffering people of voice," Malone concluded.
"The main challenge for women migrant workers is that they don't know what rights they have.
After all, one of the depressing features of anti-migrant stories is that newspapers have a habit of endlessly repeating them.
