Monday, September 21, 2015

A former doctor from Syria has described how he now makes £60,000 a month trafficking people from Turkey to Europe

Until 2012 Abu Mahmoud (a pseudonym) was a doctor working in Aleppo, earning a decent salary. But when rebels took half of the city in July of that year, he found himself wanted by both sides – by the Assad regime because he was treating wounded activists and rebels, and by the rebels who had decided that he was pro-regime.

He quickly made up his mind to travel to Europe, booking passage on a boat from Turkey along with two cousins and a friend. It sank, and he watched women and children drown in front of him. He and his companions who could swim were rescued 11 hours later .... http://www.breitbart.com