{"id":39464,"date":"2024-07-17T16:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riseproject.ro\/?post_type=projects&#038;p=39464"},"modified":"2025-03-24T10:27:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T08:27:15","slug":"the-migrant-business","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/www.riseproject.ro\/en\/projects\/the-migrant-business\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Migrant&#8221; business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riseproject.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/7641114-Mediafax_Foto-Dani_Amariei-1-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-red-color\">A group of 27 migrants caught by the Border Police while trying to leave Romania. Source: Mediafax Photo<\/mark><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How the Inner Workings of Illegal Migrant Businesses in Romania Operate and what are their hidden rules?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the past six months, RISE reporters have delved into the underground world of an industry that has been making hundreds of millions of euros in profit for the past two years by trafficking Asian citizens who arrive in Europe hoping for a better life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2022, Romania has allowed 100,000 foreign workers to enter the country annually for employment. However, the mechanisms through which these people arrive have already been deeply corrupted. 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