MIGRANT smugglers in the Mediterranean are making as much as £400,000 per boat as thousands attempt to reach European Union nations from Africa.

That’s $518,060USD. The happy smugglers and the unvetted migrants who have flooded into Europe, meanwhile, are costing taxpayers billions of dollars, as well as causing a sharp increase in crime and a heightened risk for jihad attacks.

It is more troubling that back in February, intelligence agencies revealed that jihadist terror groups, including the Islamic State, “are now getting much of their revenue from smuggling migrants into Europe.”

“REVEALED: Migrant smugglers earning £400,000 EACH BOAT for horrifying crossings to Italy”, by Zoie O’Brien, Express, June 7, 2017: