Madness in the Med: How charity rescue boats exacerbate the refugee crisis
They claim to be saving lives, but they are colluding in a people-trafficking operation
Europe: “Mediterranean Taxis” for people-smugglers
The captain's refusal to accept Spain's help fueled suspicion about the financial and political motivations behind the migrant rescues
August 23: European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism & Nazism
August 23 was chosen to coincide with the date of the signing of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, a 1939 non-aggression pact between the USSR and Nazi Germany
