2015 Deadliest Year for Migrants Crossing Mediterranean

International rights agencies said 2015 is shaping up to be the deadliest year for migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea. In the latest tragedy, the human rights group, Save the Children reports an estimated 400 people, many of them children, lost their lives in recent days while making the dangerous crossing from Libya to Italy. The month of April is only half over and yet it has been extraordinary in terms of the number of people rescued at sea. Official figures indicate the Italian...

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