SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERSome 63 North African migrants caused a major uproar in the middle of the night on an Italian ferry Monday, fighting, screaming, stealing, vandalizing, beating other passengers and pulling people out of their bunks. Soon they “turned the voyage into a nightmare for the other 170 passengers,” according to Italian media reports. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERThe ship Janas had left Cagliari on Monday night with a large group of North Africans, most of whom were from Algeria. At sea in the middle of the night, the migrants began assaulting other passengers, creating a melee on the ship. “Little good is coming from these daily arrivals from North Africa,” said Luca Agati, head of the local police union (SAP) in Cagliari.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 23, 2017 16:52 UTC