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Deadly New Trend Developing in African Migration to Europeby webdesk@voanews.com (Lisa Schlein)
The International Organization for Migration reports a sharp increase in the number of sub-Saharan Africans making the dangerous sea journey from Libya to Italy. But the organization says a deadly new trend is developing on board the boats that smuggle these migrants. The International Organization for Migration calls death by asphyxiation on board smugglers’ boats sailing from Libya to Italy a horrific new trend. The latest incidence came to light in the last few days when more than 1,000 migrants were rescued at sea and brought to two different Italian seaports. IOM spokesmen, Itayi Viriri says among those brought ashore by rescuers were five bodies — three women and two men from Sub-Saharan Africa. They apparently had died from asphyxiation during the journey. “The vessels that they are being put on are quite overcrowded. So, whereas normally you hear of migrants drowning in large numbers, now we are seeing more and more being squashed in these vessels that they are being put into,” he said. Nothing stopping smuggling gang in Libya Viriri says these migrants are extremely vulnerable because there is no real authority in Libya to stop the smuggling gangs from putting people on overcrowded boats. IOM estimates nearly 9,000 migrants have arrived by sea in Italy since the beginning of the year. It says most making this dangerous crossing originate from Sub-Saharan Africa, in particular Nigeria, Gambia, and Mali. Viriri tells VOA African migrants pay the smugglers between $600 and $800, which is about half the amount paid by Syrians and other migrants from the Middle East, Bangladesh or elsewhere. He says Africans suffer discrimination as a consequence of this unequal pay scale. “In those cases, where you have other nationalities, other than Sub-Saharan nationals—yes, based on how much they pay, they are put in the hold and those who pay more are put up on, maybe what could be safer, upper decks,” he said. IOM says the exodus of refugees and migrants into Europe continues unabated. According to the latest figures, more than 120,000 have arrived in Greece and Italy so far this year. This far exceeds last year’s figure of 100,000 arrivals by June.
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ТАСС МОСКВА, 27 февраля. /ТАСС/. Глава Чечни Рамзан Кадыров заявил в эфире НТВ, что его время на посту главы региона прошло. "Мое время уже прошло", - сказал он , добавив, что имя возможного преемника назвать не может. Ранее Кадыров уже заявлял, что считает свою миссию на ... Кадыров попросил найти ему заменуРосбалт.RU Рамзан Кадыров заявил, что доклад Ильи Яшина ему передал АллахКоммерсантъ Пик Кадырова: глава Чечни призвал Путина найти ему заменуВести.Ru Московский комсомолец -Forbes Россия Все похожие статьи: 473 » |
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Asher Potts was finishing a stellar high school run.
He was in the National Honor Society and was a member of his school’s ROTC and had, at least at one point, achieved a 4.16 grade-point average, Pennsylvania state Rep. Patty Kim once noted in a tweet.
“He was the perfect role model, someone you would want your son to look up to,” Marcel McCaskill, who knew Potts through a math and science program, told the Associated Press.
Potts was on track to graduate from Harrisburg’s John Harris High School this spring. But it all came crashing down this week.
Eighteen-year-old Asher Potts, it turns out, was actually 23-year-old Artur Samarin, a Ukrainian national. He was arrested on Tuesday on charges of identity theft, tampering with public records and theft by unlawful taking.
Harrisburg Bureau of Police Capt. Gabriel Olivera said authorities would confirm little beyond the most basic facts of Samarin’s case — at least until an official inquiry is finished, which may happen as soon as Friday.
“We’re still finishing up some of the things regarding our investigation,” Olivera said Thursday.
A doctor, a politician, an ROTC overachiever. Lately, it seems like a number of teenagers are not who they claim to be. (Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post)
Samarin overstayed his visa and then obtained a Social Security card and other U.S. documents using his false identity, according to police. He enrolled in high school in the fall of 2012.
When he was arrested on Tuesday, Samarin was carrying a driver’s license with Potts’s name.
Police first received a tip about Samarin about two months ago, Sgt. Terry Wealand told the Associated Press. He lived with friends and police are investigating whether he had help in faking his identity.
“I would think there would have to be someone who knew,” Wealand said. “And if there is, they are going to pay, too.”
Asher Potts was listed as a panelist at a January event on guns, drugs and violence, hosted by the school in collaboration with the city’s mayor and chief of police.
He was also featured prominently in a 2014 Lebanon Daily News story about food bank volunteers.
In it, Potts — identified as a 17-year-old John Harris High student — explained how he got involved:
“My parents and I were at Walmart, and when we were in the check-out line, the lady in front of us couldn’t pay for her food and had to put it back,” Potts said.Curious, Potts asked his parents why she had to put back the items, and they told him she couldn’t afford the food. Potts then asked his parents if they could afford food and they told him “yes.”“That’s when a lightbulb went on and I knew I needed to help the less fortunate,” he said.
McCaskill told the AP that he was shocked to hear that “Asher Potts,” whom he’d met during a seven-week math and science program, was actually Artur Samarin.
“It’s totally mind-blowing to me,” said McCaskill, a student in his first year at Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia. “Honestly, he was a very respectable guy. He was the perfect role model, someone you would want your son to look up to.”
Niraj Chokshi is a general assignment reporter for The Washington Post.
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Глава Чечни Рамзан Кадыров заявил, что его время на посту руководителя региона прошло, и что руководству государства надо найти другого человека на эту должность.
«Если честно сказать, я делаю дела, и у меня получалось до сегодняшнего дня. Вот чтобы не использовали мое имя против моего народа, я считаю, что руководству государства надо найти другого человека. Я говорю – мое время прошло. У нас преемников в команде есть очень много, есть очень хорошие специалисты», – сказал Кадыров в интервью программе «Центральное телевидение» телеканала НТВ, передает РИА «Новости».
По его словам, есть у человека предел. «Это пик. Вот это пик для Кадырова», – отметил глава Чечни.
Кадыров также сказал, что не видит себя в дальнейшем в качестве федерального министра или депутата. «Это не мое, я этого не понимаю – быть министром, депутатом, это не мое», – сказал Кадыров.
Ранее Кадыров заявил, что выполнил свою работу в руководстве республикой и не хочет идти на следующий срок, но «если скажут дальше служить – будет служить».
3 февраля Песков сообщил, что ему неизвестно о подготовке указов о назначении Рамзана Кадырова врио Чеченской Республики в связи с истечением срока его полномочий.
Перед этим Рамзан Кадыров заявил, что о скором завершении полномочий на посту главы Чечни ему напомнили журналисты, сам он над этим вопросом пока не думал.
Газета ВЗГЛЯД подробно разбирала это заявление Кадырова. Эксперты же поделились мнением о том, что Кадыров при сложившихся отношениях между Москвой и Грозным является незаменимым.
Напомним, что полномочия главы Чечни истекают в апреле. Выборы руководителя республики пройдут в единый день голосования – 18 сентября. Рамзан Кадыров руководит Чечней с 2007 года (с 2007 по 2011 год в качестве президента, после упразднения президентского поста – как глава республики). В 2005–2007 годах Кадыров возглавлял республиканское правительство.
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