Fact Check: Ship Vlora Did NOT Carry Refugees From WWII Europe -- 1991 Incident Was Albania To Italy

Did Europeans crowd onto a pier and try to flee to North Africa during World War II on the ship shown in this photo? No, that's not true: This image is miscaptioned. It shows the ship Vlora, which had left the port of Durrës, Albania, and crossed the Adriatic Sea in one day, arriving in Bari, Italy on August 8, 1991. This happened after the fall of communism in Albania. The number of refugees on the Vlora was estimated to be between 10,000 and 20,000.