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At least 29000 migrants have died trying to reach Europe since 2014: UN researchers
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At least 29000 migrants have died trying to reach Europe since 2014: UN researchers

ByEyes on Trafficking News

More than 29,000 migrants have died trying to reach Europe since 2014, with 5,000 deaths in the last two years, the International Organization for Migration said in a report Tuesday. The United Nations agency’s Missing Migrants Project spoke of “increasing numbers of deaths seen on routes across the Mediterranean, on land borders to Europe and…

What happens to the people the E.U. abandons at sea
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What happens to the people the E.U. abandons at sea

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Almost 13,000 people were intercepted in the Mediterranean and returned to Libya between January and August 20, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Many were then held in dire conditions and subjected to torture and forced labor.   By strengthening the Libyan Coast Guard’s capacity to intercept boats and avoiding their own duty…

“Deterrence by drowning”: why the E.U. must create safe migration channels
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“Deterrence by drowning”: why the E.U. must create safe migration channels

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Last week, Loujin, a four-year-old girl from Syria, spent days stranded on a boat before eventually dying at sea, according to Human Rights Watch. Alarmingly, Loujin is just one of over 1,200 people who have died in the Mediterranean Sea so far this year, attempting to make it to Europe.   These deaths are the outcome…