LESBOS, Greece — Police recently arrested a Spanish couple taking an early morning ferry to Italy from the northwestern port city of Igoumenitsa with eight refugees hiding inside their camper van.
The pair said they knew what they were doing was illegal. They didn’t care, they told the judge this month as they pleaded not guilty to the smuggling charges against them. They didn't receive any financial compensation for the incident, which occurred in late December. They were only trying to help, they added.
