They're not desperate.... or at least they weren't desperate before falling into the clutches of the human trafficking networks
So, yes, in fact you're acknowledging that they're desperate.
human trafficking networks so beloved by progressives....
I wonder why you say that human traffickers are "beloved" of anyone, particularly "progressives". It seems an especially unworthy comment, something that crabby suburban housewives with low educational attainment who haven't had an orgasm since before Lepper hung himself might make in that tabloid newspaper that 'novochok' likes quoting trash talk from.
migration from low income countries in the middle east and Africa to Europe is a known quantity
It's a trend caused in very large part by the high birth rate among the middle classes in that region and lack of industrial development.
There are some welcome individual exceptions
Some. Recently Ethiopians of high social status (Amhara and Tigrayans) have started showing up in my part of the U.K. They're coming because their party lost the elections and they aren't getting the sinecure jobs, being booted out of public sector work and not getting/losing business licences. It's another group's turn now. Nevertheless, they're entrepreneurial, well educated, highly cultured and have a low crime rate. If you visit my part of the U.K. when I'm there, I'll, take you to an Ethiopian bar for some food and then to the Eritrean one across the road.
but the overall trend is dire
That's what happens when you allow unrestricted capitalism rather than the public good determine public policy.
Nevertheless, as I've said already, governments are to blame for this rather than the individuals who ar simply availing themselves of something that is available.