Even the life jackets are unreliable

- The deception surrounding the refugees wishing to cross from Turkey to the Aegean Sea towards Greece, even extends to the life jackets they wear. Turkish police discovered Wednesday during a raid in the city of Izmir a workshop where charters were made which appear to have no buoyancy because they are filled with junk.

Refugees pay capabilities for a place on a boat that sets sails towards Europe. Who wants to have a safe life jacket must therefore converted another 130 euros extra for deposit. The counterfeit jackets are now offered for a bargain: 13 euros. So many destitute refugee to choose the latter option.

The police took more than a thousand of the deadly vests seized. Of the 34 people dead Monday in the Turkish coast washed ashore, contributed by the Turkish authorities, many such cheap vest. In the workshop in Izmir except two Turks were also two young Syrian girls at work, according to the BBC.