illegal human trafficking
Europe
Italy Shipwreck Death Toll Rises As More Bodies Pulled From Sea
Tragedy struck off the coast of Italy's Calabria region as a wooden sailing boat carrying refugees reportedly crashed into rocks; the death toll has so far reached 62.
Rescue efforts recovered the bodies of two more victims from the sea,...
Europe
Report from Lesvos: without safe access to asylum, people will keep risking their lives in the Aegean
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By Heaven Crawley
I stood in the corner of a dusty cemetery on the Greek island of Lesvos and watched a mother bury her child. As the tiny body of a baby boy wrapped in a white sheet was lifted...
Europe
Greek Tourists Charged with Illegal Human Smuggling in Austria
According to APA news agency, 22 “fake” Greek tourists were sentenced last Tuesday to between 9 and 24 months jail time for smuggling 30 Afghans into Austria on August 29.
The judge of a court in eastern Eisenstadt found all Greek...