Traffickers targeting migrant children and Nigerian women for sexual exploitation - EU

The European Union says traffickers are taking advantage of
Europe's migrant crisis to target certain types of people, often for
sexual exploitation, with children and Nigerian girls and women
among the most vulnerable, AP reports.

An EU report into trafficking released Thursday, May 19 said that
crime gangs focus on children because they are easy to recruit and
replace, with young migrants more exposed as they often travel long
distances alone.



The report also noted "a worryingly sharp increase in Nigerian
woman and girls leaving Libya" has been seen.
The report says from January to September 2015, more than 4,370
Nigerian women and girls headed for Europe, compared to 1,008
the previous year. The International Organization for Migration
says around 80 percent of them could be victims of trafficking.