51 Dead or Missing After Migrant Boat Capsized Off Libya Coast
A boat carrying dozens of migrant’s bound for European shores capsized off the coast of Libya last week, leaving 51 people dead or missing, a monitoring group said on Friday.
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Three Sisters Found Dead in Overcrowded Mediterranean Migrant Boat
Three young sisters have died after an overcrowded rubber dinghy took on water in bad weather while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Italy, a German nonprofit organization reported Sunday.
Prosecutor Wants 15 Years for Alleged Trafficker Linked to Death of 39 Migrants
The Belgian Federal Prosecutor’s Office has demanded a sentence of at least 15 years for alleged people-trafficker Vo Van Hong, who is accused of being connected to the deaths of 39 people in a truck in southern England in 2019.
Border ‘Control’: UK Govt Deporting Convicted People-Trafficker for Third Time in Under Two Years
The British government is deporting a convicted people-trafficker from Albania for the third time in under two years, highlighting how ineffective its border control regime is even on those rare occasions when it actually removes people from the country.
Lithuania Puts Border Crossers in Army Tents as Boris Books Them Plush Hotels
The authorities in Lithuania — a country of 2.8 million people where migration is virtually unprecedented — are being overwhelmed by African and Middle Eastern migrants entering via Belarus.
Pakistani People-Smugglers and Their Illegal Migrants Arrested in Wild Car Chase
Two Pakistani nationals transporting a group of illegal immigrants were arrested by Greek police this week after a car chase in Thessaloniki.
Migrant Crisis 2.0: People Smugglers Slash EU Passage Prices to £11 After Turkey Opens the Gates
Turkish people-smugglers are operating freely along the Greek border, charging migrants just £11 to get past Greek border patrol guards.
Italian Secret Service: People-Smugglers May Arrange Mass Drowning for Public Sympathy
The Italian secret service has warned that people-smugglers in the Mediterranean may seek to engineer a mass drowning in order to garner Western sympathy and resume the flow of migration.
