Cenk Uygur
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Why Refugees Are Forced To Drink Diesel Fuel
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November 26, 2016
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November 26, 2016
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10:50Now PlayingThe conditions refugees have to suffer through is unconscionable. Ana Kasparian and Steve Oh, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“ROME—There are apparently no limits to the level of cruelty people choose to inflict on others. Even in the lawless world of human smuggling, where exploitation and misery have long been part of the business, new revelations that traffickers are forcing migrants to drink diesel fuel and injecting them with parasites truly do raise the bar on the boundaries of human suffering.
According to a Nov. 12, 2016 report in the British medical journal The Lancet, a number of male migrants from Africa who sought treatment at Munich’s University Hospital Klinikum rechts der Isar were suffering from severe hydrocarbon pneumonia after being forced to drink diesel for their furtive voyage to Italy from Libya.
Using comparative analyses from other doctors who treat migrants, and interviewing and studying the cases of men from three different countries who traveled on separate vessels, Lancet researchers were able to confirm what migrants have been reporting to aid agencies for months: that traffickers make them drink fuel and give them injections to keep them calm and quiet during long and dangerous sea crossings.”
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Hosts: Ana Kasparian, Steve Oh
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