Satellite imagery, sealed court documents and interviews with survivors suggest that hundreds of deaths were preventable.
Tag: Smuggling
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4 More Arrested in Human Smuggling Case That Left 53 Dead in Texas
Four men from Mexico were arrested this week, bringing to six the number of people charged after a tractor-trailer was found carrying dead migrants near San Antonio last year.
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The Dark Incentives That Led to a Refugee Tragedy
To those who see refugees as a burden or threat, border security is a zero-sum game that can be “won” by keeping potential asylum seekers out or by forcing them into other countries.
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A Superyacht Gave a Lifeline to 100 Migrants Thrown Into the Sea
A $175-million vessel responded to a distress call and helped rescue survivors in one of the Mediterranean’s worst wrecks in decades, reflecting the new inequality of the seas.
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How Hopes of a Better Life Ended on a Migrant Ship Off Greece
About two dozen of those on the fishing vessel that capsized off Greece came from Bandli, a community in northeastern Pakistan with a long history of young men chasing a brighter future abroad.