Mediterranean Migrant Deaths Soar

The United Nations refugee agency reports deaths are spiking as refugees and migrants cross the Mediterranean Sea in record numbers in a desperate bid to reach European countries. The U.N. refugee agency reports more than 300,000 refugees and migrants have made the perilous journey across the Mediterranean this year, trying to reach Europe.  This is a huge increase over the 219,000 who made the crossing during the whole of 2014. Meanwhile, some 2,500 refugees and migrants have...

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