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Italian police smash suspected people-smuggling ring, arrest dozens

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Gavin Jones | Mon Jul 4, 2016 | Reuters Italian police on Monday arrested 25 Eritreans, 12 Ethiopians and an Italian that they said belonged to an organization that had smuggled thousands of migrants into Europe from Africa. The arrests were made in ten cities across Italy, Sicilian police said, and the suspects were accused of people smuggling, drug trafficking and … [Read more...] about Italian police smash suspected people-smuggling ring, arrest dozens

ኣብ ክሲ ኤርትራ ብግህሰት ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ኣብ ጀነቫ መንዩ ትዓዊቱ መንከ ተረቲዑ ብድሕር’ዚ ዝቕጽል መንገዲኸ ናበይ ዝወስድ’ዩ?

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ቀለታ ኪዳነ ለንደን | July 3, 2016 … [Read more...] about ኣብ ክሲ ኤርትራ ብግህሰት ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ኣብ ጀነቫ መንዩ ትዓዊቱ መንከ ተረቲዑ ብድሕር’ዚ ዝቕጽል መንገዲኸ ናበይ ዝወስድ’ዩ?

North Korea’s Caste System

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Phil Robertson | June 30, 2016 | Foreign Affairs The Trouble With Songbun When Choi Seung Chol was born in North Korea in 1990, his parents believed that they already knew how his life would unfold. The government would feed him and provide him with free housing, education, and health care. In exchange, the authorities would tell him what to think and what to say; … [Read more...] about North Korea’s Caste System

Eritrean smuggler trial in Sicily has wrong man, say former victims

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Lorenzo Tondo and Meron Estefanos in Palermo and Patrick Kingsley | Sunday 3 July 2016 | The Guardian Family of Medhanie Berhe and victims of Medhanie Mered to claim mistaken identity by British and Italian police The trial of an alleged Eritrean smuggler extradited to Italy will formally begin in Sicily this week, with two of the smuggler’s former … [Read more...] about Eritrean smuggler trial in Sicily has wrong man, say former victims