Erstellt am: 21. 4. 2015 - 14:45 Uhr

People smuggling: "a symptom, not a cause"

Reality Check: EU plans for migrants in the Mediterranean, opinions from migrants' memorial, FBI hair matching scandal, Morsi sentenced, Grandparents for asylum seekers in Denmark

Migrants and the Mediterranean

Migrant smuggling and refugee law expert, Andreas Schloenhardt, analyses the EU's ten point plan to tackle the ongoing crisis of migrants losing their lives in the Mediterranean as they try to reach Europe.

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Andreas Schloenhardt says the smugglers are just responding to demand.

He says targeting the smugglers is only part of the story, and will not solve the problem. Action is needed in the source countries if the tragedies from overcrowded, unseaworthy boats are to be stopped.

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Candles in the heart of Vienna for victims in the Mediterranean

Meanwhile, Rosie Waites met some of the people attending the memorial rally in Vienna for the 800 migrants who died when their boat capsized on Sunday.

President Heinz Fischer said "the Mediterranean must not become a mass grave", and the feeling among the public was that effective action from European governments is long overdue.

US justice scandal

Faulty forensic hair matching techniques may have led to hundreds of innocent people being jailed, or even executed, in the United States. Our Washington DC correspondent, Lorna Shaddick, reports on how the scandal broke, and how the justice system is responding.

Morsi sentenced to 20 years

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Morsi will almost certainly spend the rest of his life in jail.

Egypt's former president, Mohammed Morsi, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, following the verdict in the first of several trials he faces after being deposed by the army in 2013.

Sammy Khamis explains how Morsi supporters are reacting, and how President al Sisi is continuing his campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood.

Grandparents for asylum seekers

The Danish initiative to help break down prejudices against immigrants and asylum seekers.

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