Brussels, 14/01/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 13 January in Strasbourg, the European Commission promised to step up action against human smugglers, following the tragic events over the Christmas holidays, where cargoes full of Syrian refugees were abandoned off the European coastline on several different occasions. These cargoes were mainly coming from Turkey.
Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos said that “the recent events also show that smugglers are...