To Avoid Authorities, Smugglers Throw Refugees Into Watery Graves Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms workers help an African migrant, after being rescued from a punctured rubber boat in the Mediterranean Sea, July 23, 2017. ( Santi Palacios / Associated Press ) Produced by PRI and WNYC