TIME EUROPE
July 03, 2000 VOL. 155 NO. 25
Dying for a glass of water
Further anecdotes on illegal immigration
By J.F.O. MCALLISTER Dover
Immigration officials are no longer surprised when they find a corpse in a shipping container or an airliner's baggage compartment from a smuggling operation gone wrong, but the growing scale of illegal immigration means the death tolls are rising. In 1996, some 200 Indians, Pakistanis and Sri Lankan migrants drowned off the coast of Italy when a ferry to which they had transferred rammed the fish transport vessel on which they had sailed for the previous six weeks. Last week, an alert pair of Spanish Civil Guard officers may have averted another tragedy like Dover when they stopped a dangerously overloaded van. Inside, squashed into six square meters, were 37 Moroccan men who had only enough strength to beg for air, water and food. "Some of them said they hadn't eaten for four days or drunk water for two days, and even though it was night the heat inside was stifling," said Civil Guard Lieut. Gerardo Otero. The driver had no license, was drunk and had previous arrests for robbery and drunken driving. Spain's Foreign Minister Josep Piqué said that while he deplored the Dover tragedy, "Europeans should realize that such incidents happen every day."
—By J.F.O. McAllister
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July 03, 2000
C O V E R
Beyond 2000
In its fifth and final Visions issue, time examines how technology will change our lives in Tomorrowland
E U R O P E
Strangers at the Door
An influx of immigrants is recasting the Continent's identity. European economies need more of them
The Wages of Hypocrisy
Europe's ambiguous approach to immigrants
Snaking Toward Death
Desperate illegal migrants are risking their lives to enter Europe. Many are perishing in the attempt
Dying for a glass of water
Further anecdotes on illegal immigration
B U S I N E S S
Military Intelligence
A Swedish Internet entrepreneur models his strategy along Napoleon's lines
A Guerrilla's Best Friend
Human rights groups are focusing global attention on the role diamonds can play in fueling conflicts
Shall We Dance?
Vivendi's takeover of Seagram is just the latest in a string of foreign acquisitions by French companies
M I D D L E E A S T
Israel's New Military
The notion of universal service has never been more mythical that it is today. Israel wants quality, not quantity
War on Harassment
Israel cracks down on sexual harassment within its army
A F R I C A
Letter From Niamey
The global effort to eradicate polio is a tough war to fight. In remote areas of Niger, tiny drops of vaccine signify hope
E U R O 2 0 0 0
Back on side!
After the violence of the opening rounds, the true contest for Euro 2000 can begin
The Real English Patient
The problem of English hooliganism
T H E A R T S
Revel Without a Pause
Three decades after it began, Britain's Glastonbury Festival still kicks off Europe's musical summer
D E P A R T M E N T S
World Watch
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