Australia has a solution to that problem in the form of an island where those who attempt to enter the country illegally are kept while awaiting deportation. Th

Australia has a solution to that problem in the form of an island where those who attempt to enter the country illegally are kept while awaiting deportation. The message is clear, do not try to enter the country illegally, you will NOT be allowed to stay. Combine that with a functioning legal migration policy and make sure to enforce the illegal migration ban rigorously. Just as important is to make sure the message is spread widely in those countries where traffickers operate so their promises of a land of milk and honey where migrants get a house and car and wife without ever having to lift a hand are dispelled. Make clear that the practice of sending 'anchor babies' (underage children/minors who are sent to gain residence permits for themselves - which tends to be easier for unaccompanied children - who are supposed to then turn around and invite their entire families to join them) will not succeed by either finding their families and reuniting those children with them or - if the family can not be found or disavows kinship in hope of using the child in the aforementioned way - by denying the family the right to enter the country. Also, catch the traffickers and prosecute them, relieve them of their ill gotten gains. In a way the fight against modern traffickers resembles the fight against Barbary pirates in the early 1800s [1] in that the pirates needed to be defeated to put a halt to their activities. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_Wars