Smuggler’s fishing boat capsizes in Mediterranean. “…the boats will not stop,” Doctors without Borders Over 2,000 migrants have died this year getting to Europe. Most of them die crossing from Libya to Italy in shoddy boats. Yesterday, a boat packed with 600 people capsized off Libya. 373 people were rescued by Italian Coast Guard & Irish Navy. Over 200 people …
African & Middle Eastern immigrants flee to Italy. Immigrants from Middle East & West Africa are fleeing to Italy. The rise of Islamic extremists push people to leave home. 10,000 immigrants arrived in Italy just last weekend. Thousands more make the 310-mile journey every week. They pay human traffickers ~$700 for the trip. They’re crammed into makeshift vessels that often …