GENEVA (AN) — Government officials inflicted almost half of all the violence suffered by people risking grave dangers to transit through North Africa for a chance at news lives in Europe, the U.N. refugee agency and Danish Refugee Council reported on Wednesday.
The two organizations’ report titled “On this journey, no one cares if you live or die” also found that due to borders closed by the COVID-19 pandemic, human smugglers are turning to even riskier travel routes to evade authorities while subjecting victims to increased abuse, exploitation and trafficking.
