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A Teenage Survivor of the Mediterranean's Worst Migrant Disaster Speaks of His Traumatic Ordeal
Said, one of only 28 survivors of Sunday's migrant disaster, describes a nine-month ordeal which started in Somalia and ended in the boat tragedy which killed more than 800 people.
University of Cape Town Removes Apartheid-Era Statue of Cecil Rhodes
The Islamic State hacks French TV channels, protesters demand police be arrested over the deaths of 20 suspected sandalwood smugglers, South Africa removes an apartheid-era statute of Cecil Rhodes, and more.
Migrant Prisons of Libya: Europe or Die (Full Length)
VICE News gains access to chilling footage from the Libyan Coast Guard and travels to detention centers in Libya, to hear migrants' testimonies of torture and serious human rights violations.
Escaping Hell: Libya’s Migrant Jails (Part 3)
In the conclusion to our series, VICE News travels to Tripoli to detail the hardships of migrant communities and speaks to a survivor of the journey to Europe who talks of the true cost and terrible tragedy of crossing the Mediterranean Sea.
Trapped and Forgotten: Libya's Migrant Jails (Part 2)
In part two of our three-part series, VICE News secures access to a detention center in Zawiyah, Libya, and witnesses the appalling living conditions, hearing migrants’ testimonies of torture, beatings, and serious human rights violations.
Drowning for Freedom: Libya’s Migrant Jails (Part 1)
In part one of a three part series, VICE News is given access to chilling footage filmed by the Libyan coast guard, who have recovered hundreds of bodies of those who've drowned in their journey to Europe.
Migrant Prisons of Libya: Europe or Die (Trailer)
In the upcoming three-part series, VICE News gains access to chilling footage from the Libyan coast guard and travels to detention centers in Libya, where we hear migrants speak of torture and serious human rights violations.
The Migrant Burial Ground (Extra Scene from ‘Death Boats to Greece: Europe or Die’)
In this extra scene from the 'Europe Or Die' series, Vice News visits a cemetery on the island of Lesbos, where the buried bodies reside of those refugees who take the "death boats" to Europe and befall disaster on the journey.
Trapped In Bulgaria: Europe Or Die (Episode 3)
In episode three of Europe or Die, VICE News correspondent Milène Larsson visits Bulgaria to see Europe’s newest border fence and speaks to Syrians who, because of the EU's Dublin Regulation, are trapped in one of Europe’s poorest countries.
Death Boats to Greece (Part 2): Europe Or Die (Episode 2)
Concluding the second episode of our series, VICE News correspondent Milène Larsson continues her visit to the border between Greece and Turkey to find out what happens to the many migrants who perish while attempting to cross Greece’s dangerous Evros...
Death Boats to Greece (Part 1): Europe Or Die (Episode 2)
In episode two of our series, VICE News correspondent Milène Larsson travels to the border between Greece and Turkey, where Syrian and Afghan refugees are paying large sums of money to take "death boats" to Greece.
Storming Spain's Razor-Wire Fence: Europe Or Die (Episode 1)
In episode one of our series, VICE News correspondent Milène Larsson travels to the border between Morocco and Spain, where West Africans in their thousands storm the razor-wire-clad fences, only to be beaten back by border police.