A migrants’ rights group warned Tuesday that no less than 142 folks throughout Europe confronted prosecution in 2024 for aiding or rescuing migrants.
According to the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), greater than 80 folks have confronted prosecution for saving or aiding migrants at sea and round 20 for offering them with water, meals or clothes.
“This is the fourth year in a row” the variety of folks prosecuted has risen, Silvia Carta of PICUM stated, criticizing the “criminalization of solidarity with migrants.”
The report focuses on incidents in Bulgaria, Greek Cypriot, France, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Malta and Poland and was compiled utilizing numerous sources, together with European media.
“What we’re able to monitor is just the tip of the iceberg,” Carta stated.
The group refers to at least one incident throughout which seven Basque activists have been accused of profiting from a race to smuggle 36 migrants throughout the border between Spain and France in March 2024. Their trial is because of begin in early October.
The report additionally mentions 5 individuals who face imprisonment in Poland for “providing humanitarian aid” to migrants on the border with Belarus.
Source: www.dailysabah.com