Sunday, February 13, 2005

Mauritania the new Indian base for Europe trafficking / The Times of India, 11 Feb 2005

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1018837.cms
"Several dozen people from India have been found stranded in Mauritania in recent months, amid evidence that traffickers were using the northwest African country to smuggle migrants into Europe, a leading migration agency said.
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said it had flown 23 irregular migrants back to India this week after they were found marooned in the desert without water, food or money. "