Europe´s Shameful Refugee Policy
(World News Egypt)

This time of year Mediterranean beaches are the destinations of choice for many European holidaymakers; it´s also the beginning of the busiest time of year for the people smugglers based in Libya and elsewhere along the North African coast. July to October is their peak season - during this time in 2016 around 103,000 refugees were crammed into unsafe boats, often in the dead of night, and cast off into the Mediterranean Sea. Some don´t survive the crossing. Whilst the number of migrants arriving at Europe´s back door may have decreased - from 205,858 in the first five months of 2016, down to 71,029 for the same period this year, the number of dead has dramatically increased, reaching a...