Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/african-migrants-risk-their-lives-to-be-smuggled-into-europe Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story Transcript Refugees from African countries know the danger they face when they step on board a rickety, over-capacity vessel bound for Europe: they could drown in a capsized boat or end up detention camps off the coast of Libya. Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports on what motivates these migrants to take the journey. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Dec 03, 2013