A Syrian refugee child walks between shelters at the refugee camp of Ritsona about 86 kilometers (53 miles) north of Athens, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016.

The Business of Exploiting Suffering Refugees

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jan 6, 2017

Arun Venugopal guest hosts today!

Investigative journalists Malia Politzer and Emily Kassie join us to discuss their latest article in The Huffington Post Highline, “The 21st Century Gold Rush: How the refugee crisis is changing the world economy.” Their investigations profiles the people behind the global network of companies, criminals, and bureaucrats that are getting rich off the biggest refugee crisis in the world.

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