Time Magazine has a great post about illegal migration from Africa — northern and southern — into Europe.
Libya under Gaddahfi apparently controlled smuggling squads, using migrants, usually from sub-Saharan Africa, as a way of prying what he wanted out of Italy.
Now that’s changed, as has the pull of jobs in Europe, which is suffering from its own economic crisis.
Also on the same post is a link to photographs by Mexico City photographer Keith Dannemiller of Mexico’s patron saint of lost causes. His photos (one of which is above) are always worth checking out.
It appears the website, Roads and Kingdoms is well worth favoriting. Great idea for a site! I’ll be following….
