The Pros And Cons Of Crossing The Border

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Sexual assault is also a possibility, “as many as 60 percent of these women and girls will experience sexual assault during their journeys” (Walser). If a female immigrants does not have sufficient money sometime the smuggler will impose sexual favor to cross them over the border and in some cases they require women to take contraceptive shots to prevent pregnancy. In regions like Guatemala, the human trafficking rates are high and immigrants are at a sever chance of being kidnap. The highest mortality rates have been cause by riding freight trains across the border. To avoid detection from the train conductor, illegal immigrants ride on the top of these trains, but the have a possibility of being knocked off by a passing tree or falling off by the lost of their grip. If they do not die from the fall, there is a large possibility of losing a limb. …show more content…
As reported by the Daily Mail, up to 15,000 people try to cross the border into Britain through Calais every year (Allen). Some methods of crossing the border include the use of trucks or trolleys to cross the borders. Many immigrants camp out around ports in Calais in hopes to catch or sneak a ride on a lorry, bus, or car. Many are willing to risk their lives to cross over the border into Europe. Additionally, Many people who have been trying to escape from Eritrea, Syria and other locations have resorted to trying to swim the Mediterranean Sea, but many have passed away and some have been missing for days (“The Mediterranean’s Deadly”). If immigrants are successful in getting across the border they are met with hostility from residents and face serious charges, if caught by the