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Claims Regarding Human Smuggling by Aid Workers Disputed
39:02 - 48:47 (09:45)
A report by Human Rights Watch, which conducted an investigation into allegations of human smuggling by aid workers, found that claims were unfounded, and the police report that initially accused the workers did not provide evidence to support them.
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Two migration researchers found no evidence to support the idea that NGO rescue ships attract more migrants to Europe, thus debunking a previously held belief by some politicians.
39:02 - 42:39 (03:37)
Summary
Two migration researchers found no evidence to support the idea that NGO rescue ships attract more migrants to Europe, thus debunking a previously held belief by some politicians.
ChapterClaims Regarding Human Smuggling by Aid Workers Disputed
EpisodeThe Sunday Read: ‘They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them.’
PodcastThe Daily
The Lesbos police have claimed that ERCI, the aid organisation that used to rescue sinking asylum seekers in the Aegean Sea, was actually involved in an illegal network that smuggled refugees under cover of its humanitarian aid.
42:39 - 48:47 (06:07)
Summary
The Lesbos police have claimed that ERCI, the aid organisation that used to rescue sinking asylum seekers in the Aegean Sea, was actually involved in an illegal network that smuggled refugees under cover of its humanitarian aid. This claim was contested in a Human Rights Watch report that argued the police’s report referred to the people ERCI rescued as refugees while describing efforts to help them as trafficking.