Quelle: The Guardian
Swedish entrepreneurs behind initiative say migrants forced into risky boat trips to Europe because airlines have wrongly turned away refugees
Two Swedes have launched a charity to fly refugees to Europe, saying people with a right to asylum have been unfairly blocked from commercial flights to the continent and forced to make deadly sea journeys instead.
The two entrepreneurs scrambled to set up Refugee Air after watching a video by Hans Rosling, explaining the legal reasons why refugees should be able to board planes to the EU.
“We like to solve problems, and we found out there is a possibility to board refugees on flights without going against any rules,” said Susanne Najafi, founder and chief executive of one of Sweden’s largest retailers of beauty products and an angel investor in tech startups.