The five border guards were arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes and breach of duty. Amidst tighter sea patrols, more migrants are attempting to cross the River Evros, Greece’s natural border with Turkey.
Bulgarian prosecutors have charged five people with human trafficking after 18 Afghans were found dead inside a truck on a dirt road in Bulgaria last Friday. Separately, 43 migrants were discovered in a van on Monday in western Bulgaria.
In a secret underground prison in the south of Libya, Muhamad experienced love. There, he met Amina, who gave him new hope in life. They fell in love and got married in the same miserable location. However, just shortly after, Amina was kidnapped by a group of smugglers. In grief, Muhamad decided to rebel against his jailers and search for his beloved Amina. He fled. This is the story of "Love in Hell," a short documentary produced by InfoMigrants and France 24.
The tragic story of Fawwaz as told by his relatives to ANSA bears many similarities to that of many Syrians, betrayed and cheated by human smugglers and soldiers when crossing borders.
An Eritrean man accused of being involved in a migrant smuggling network appeared at a pretrial hearing in the Netherlands. Prosecutors said they will also seek the extradition of the network's alleged ringleader, who was captured in Sudan earlier this month in connection with the same case.