"ruthlessly exploited in the past and left impoverished,"
Strange. I see nothing in the article below to support the statement. But never let the facts get in the way of a good story. After all we learned from Paul Joseph Goebbels that the sound bite is all important, never mind the truth.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/refugee-crisis-migrants-bangladesh-libya-italy-numbers-smuggling-dhaka-dubai-turk