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Syria to Libya to the EU: how people-smugglers operate |
2023-08-20 |
Long. This one needs a comfy chair and cup of coffee, dear Reader. Or perhaps a fluid a bit less innocent — we don’t judge. ;-) [AlAhram] For desperate Syrians, a WhatsApp message saying "I want to go to Europe" can be all they need to start a treacherous journey to Libya and then across the Mediterranean. Twelve years after conflict broke out in the country, Syrians are still trying to escape a war that has killed more than 500,000 people, displaced millions and pulled in foreign powers and global jihadists. At least 141 Syrians were among up to 750 AFP interviewed Syrian smugglers and Almost everyone requested anonymity, fearing reprisals. |
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