Ilaria Sesana is an Italian freelance journalist who specializes in migration stories. She can be found on Twitter @ilariasesana.       https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/ilaria-sesana/rss en Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Fri, 14 Jul 2017 11:35:47 +0000 Ilaria Sesana https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/07/14/italys-smuggling-prosecutions-ruin-lives-while-real-criminals-go-free https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/07/14/italys-smuggling-prosecutions-ruin-lives-while-real-criminals-go-free Thousands of pilots and navigators of migrant boats have been jailed in Italy. Ilaria Sesana takes a closer look at their stories and finds prosecutions that criminalize escaping migrants amid a growing campaign to change the courts’ approach to the “scafisti.”