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Marine Le Pen denounced the activities of migrant taxi NGOs, linking them to people trafficking and "modern slavery".

THOMAS LOHNES/AFP via Getty Images 6 May 2021 The German migrant taxi NGO Sea-Watch dropped off 454 migrants in the Sicilian port city of Trapani this week after Italian authorities granted the vessel port access. The Sea-Watch 4 picked up 455 migrants after four separate encounters with vessels off the coast of Libya and elsewhere in the Mediterranean Sea over a 72-hour period. One of the migrants was evacuated for medical treatment by Italian authorities. According to a report from the European Union-funded website Infomigrants, onboard the vessel were pregnant women, young children, and un...

5 Mar 2021 The Italian migrant transport NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans has been accused of taking €125,000 to transport illegal aliens, with new claims alleging the group initially asked for as much as €270,000. The claims revolve around a ship belonging to the Danish company Maersk which picked up 27 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea in August of last year. The NGO is accused of negotiating a payment to transfer the migrants to its transport vessel, the Mare Jonio, weeks later, on September 11th. In November, Maersk reportedly transferred €125,000 ($151, 000/£108,000) to Idra Socia...