Tarek Panja

But critics say Europe's asylum system needs a complete rethink to recognise women's unique vulnerabilities and respond to the reality of more and more making the journey.

Sofia Betica in Italy.

Still to come...

We'll hear how hundreds of people were subjected to electric shock treatment at government-run hospitals in Britain in the 1960s and 70s in a bid to change their sexuality.

A scam exploiting vulnerable families with sick children.

I would have done anything to get the medicine for Khalil.

The child is directed on camera to plead for help.

I want to be a normal kid.

I want to go to school.

They were going to upload it to social media.

Millions of dollars pour in, but the families never receive the money.

He told us it wasn't successful.

As I understood it, the video just didn't make any money.

World of Secrets, the child cancer scam from the BBC World Service.

Listen now wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

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