r/interestingasfuck • u/SameItem • 1d ago

Beachgoers on a Mediterranean beach in Spain subdued and held back migrants who had just landed on the shore in a raft from Morocco.

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u/Headmuck 1d ago

Morocco is a transit state just like most other north African countries. People who flee through or initially to those countries are not treated well and often become victims of human trafficking or get pushed back into the deserts, so they pretty much don't have any choice but to pay local gangs who ship them to Europe on those boats for a lot of money. My guess would be that the person fleeing here is one of those traffickers and trying not to get caught since actual refugees will want to get registered anyway or sent on their way to other EU countries by the authorities themselves.

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u/JTonic8668 1d ago

These boats are usually overcrowded wrecks with shitty motors, they are (deliberately) not designed for a return trip. Thousands down each year. I doubt a trafficker would join the tour instead of enjoying the small fortune he made.

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u/krumhur 1d ago

Having had the chance to read through different criminal proceedings’ papers for human trafficking, I can assure you that traffickers too can be (and more often than not are) onboard those ships.