Understanding the world through a new lens
TUNIS, Tunisia: Feeling powerless against the anarchy that surrounds the smuggling of oil, fuel, weapons and people in Libya, the mayor of the coastal city of Sabratha has made an impassioned plea for help.
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Spain’s Canary Islands were a magnet for migrants fleeing Africa about a decade before thousands began making the perilous voyage across the Mediterranean to Italy.
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It’s difficult to determine exactly how much money Australia’s stop-the-boats policies have saved taxpayers, or what the true cost is.
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DHAKA, Bangladesh: In squalid camps in Bangladesh, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who have fled violence and persecution in neighbouring Myanmar dream of a better life abroad – and rely on increasingly high-tech smuggling networks to get them there.
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BERLIN: Firaz, a 22-year-old refugee from the Syrian civil war, almost drowned crossing the Mediterranean in an overloaded boat with a broken motor. “This is just … Read more
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As nations around the world grapple with the people smuggling trade, vital questions beg answers. How many criminals are involved in smuggling? Who are they? How many desperate people are smuggled each year? And how many lives are lost along the way?
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