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on March 22, 2017 in World News

Public Anger Growing at ‘Taxi’ NGOs Picking Up Migrants From Mediterranean

by Chris Tomlinson Politicians and members of the public are growing frustrated with civilian volunteers who rescue migrants in the Mediterranean with some calling them “migrant taxis”. Iuventa Jugend Rettet is a civilian volunteer organisation from Berlin that rescues migrants who make the dangerous voyage from the North African coast to Italy. More often, the group are finding the public does not support their endeavours and the once large stores of money they used to receive are dwindling, Saarbrücker Zeitung reports. Some on the internet refer to the group as “human traffickers”, and others have even expressed hope they drown in...

by Chris Tomlinson Politicians and members of the public are growing frustrated with civilian volunteers who rescue migrants in the Mediterranean with some calling them “migrant taxis”. Iuventa Jugend Rettet is a civilian volunteer organisation from Berlin that rescues migrants...

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