Got dem old not-rich-enough Malta blues.
VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — When Success Ibginedion, a young Nigerian woman, was rescued from a smugglers' fishing boat after three days adrift in the Mediterranean Sea, she considered herself both lucky and unlucky.
She felt fortunate that she and her husband were not swallowed up by the waves. And bitter because the survivors were brought to Malta instead of Italy. Like nearly all of those rescued in nearby waters, Ibginedion had dreams of reaching Italy and traveling north to Germany, Sweden or other rich countries with large refugee populations. ...
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