For African migrants, trek to Europe brings risk, heartbreak

[European Knight]

FROM ABIDJAN TO ATHENS

"Never in my life was I even on a boat," says Jean Paul Apetey, a 34-year-old Ivorian with a reputation as a sharp-witted opportunist. And so, when smugglers ask him if he wants to pilot the vessel to Greece in exchange for a free ticket, he goes straight to the stern engine of the rigid inflatable boat, overloaded with 47 migrants, and acts as if he knows what he is doing.

Smugglers rarely ride on one-way journeys, facing prison if caught. Instead, they charge 1,000 euros ($1,100) or more per passenger, rich compensation for the sacrifice of a boat.

The smugglers point Apetey to a Greek island in the distance — he doesn't know if it's Kos, Samos or Lesbos because he had no map — but boasts of reaching the target in 17 minutes flat. "I have many witnesses," he says proudly.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9098876e1053482cb3acea38c225fbfa/african-migrants-trek-europe-brings-risk-heartbreak

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[Morena]

This is what Europe should do:

1. Remove them from the boats (when found)
2. Give them some food, water, and a blanket.
3. Put them on a plane and send them straight back to Libya.
4. Repeat the process until the "refugees" realize that spending $1000 for a trip down the Mediterranean is a waste of money

[European Knight]

for illegals there is still a dream in Europe free house free medical aid welfare wage free slut etc etc but for us is our nightmare :cool:

[Sockorer]

1. Line up and shoot invaders.

Surprise, no more Africans trying to slip into Europe.

[silver_surfer]

Great documentary from Vice on present refugee crisis and how migrants suffers when journeying from Libya to Southern Europe.

Migrant Prisons of Libya: Europe or Die


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML7sD_JKbQc

[Darth Revan]

The system of the global Repulic's elite right there.

Instead of shouldering the transportation fees of ferrying slaves from Africa to post-industrial countries, have the very slaves pay for the costs themselves. In addition, expose them to an environmental danger to trim the fat, and let the oldest/sickest slaves die in the way, only leaving the adaptable and sturdy slaves to survive.

Principles aside, a very interesting method. An upgraded, slower-scale, outsourced version of the Atlantic trade.

[Prisoner Of Ice]

This is what Europe should do:

1. Remove them from the boats (when found)
2. Give them some food, water, and a blanket.
3. Put them on a plane and send them straight back to Libya.
4. Repeat the process until the "refugees" realize that spending $1000 for a trip down the Mediterranean is a waste of money

You forgot the most important part, sterilizing them so they don't produce more useless offspring.