Asylum-Seekers Make Harrowing Journeys In Pandemic, Only To Be Turned Back Enlarge this image Hokyoung Kim for NPR Hokyoung Kim for NPR Stuck on a stalled motorized inflatable raft in the open sea, 15-year-old Tsedal began to panic. Sponsor Message "They told us they would take us to Malta" The sea route between North Africa and Europe is one of …