Blindingly inhumane conditions in the migrant crisis

Photos from the “misery beat.”

Journalism is too opaque and misunderstood. Chills gives a behind-the-scenes look at how dangerous investigative journalism gets made. 

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Detritus left on a migrant boat.

Lampedusa sparkles under an unrelenting sun, its waters clear turquoise against white sand. The scorched beauty of this tiny Italian island belies the despair that takes place off its shores and even on the highest part of the land, where an overstuffed refugee camp is tucked away from the sight of everyday Lampedusans.