They also want a special meeting of EU officials to discuss the crisis within the next two weeks. Even within the European Union, the last stretch for migrants like Ahmed, via a network of traffickers, is unsafe.
“This tragedy affects us all“, she said, and is a signal to Europeans “to do something as soon as possible”. “The current situation requires immediate action and solidarity within Europe“. Countries such as Austria, Sweden and Germany, which faces 800,000 asylum requests this year, have called for sharing the burden throughout the EU, something others reject.
Palermo prosecutor Maurizio Scalia said the detained crew included seven Moroccans, two Syrians and a Libyan who was the “violent” enforcer of order on the ship. The Reuters information company stated that as many as 200 are feared lifeless. Two migrant-filled boats capsized in the same region Wednesday and Thursday, with more than 80 deaths and hundreds rescued.
He does not know how long it will take to find a auto or truck to Germany, for a trip which will cost him and his wife about 500 euros each.
Given the acute nature of the crisis, Merkel said she was working to secure the basic necessities needed to care for the thousands appearing on Germany’s doorstep.
The authorities have are trying to tackle human trafficking in Hungary as an unprecedented number of people from the Middle East and Africa fleeing violence and poverty try to reach Europe. Europe has some values and it doesn’t respect these values.
In a separate case, Austrian police said that they stopped a truck on Friday near Braunau, on the German border, with 26 people from Syria, Afghanistan and Bangladesh crammed inside.
The case is being heard in Kecskemet, in central Hungary, because the truck set off from the city before picking up the migrants near the country’s southern border with Serbia, Gabor Schmidt, a spokesperson for the Bacs-Kiskun county chief prosecution office, told reporters outside the courthouse.
The men, three Bulgarians and one Afghan, are suspected of being part of a clandestine migrant smuggling network, the Hungarian cops said.
Pope Francis led prayers on Sunday for the migrants who’ve died attempting to cross into Europe, including the 71 found dead in a truck on an Austrian motorway last week. The process is expected to continue for several days.
The M1 motorway, and a nearby main road, were jammed after new checks on vehicles that could be carrying illegal migrants were introduced, state road operator Magyar Kozut told National News Agency MTI.
Police are also evaluating SIM cards from mobile phones found among the bodies. “But it could be mixed”.
“We don’t know to where he (the smuggler) will take us”.
Those being held are thought to be minor players in a human trafficking gang whose leaders remain at large. Austria may seek to have them extradited. Packed into a small white truck, 34 migrants, 10 of them children, had made the hourslong drive from Serbia, begging for air in broiling summer temperatures. The Romanian driver was detained.
Huge traffic jams built up along the Austro-Hungarian border on Monday as police hunted for people smugglers, while divisions opened up across Europe over dealing with the influx of refugees.
According to the statement, the erected fence will be accompanied by a more secure 13-foot wall, which is now under construction.
“One Syrian travel document was found inside the truck”, added Doskozil.