This has been the deadliest year for migrants in the Mediterranean. Here’s why.

This year is turning out to be one of the deadliest for asylum-seekers who try to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. Halfway into the year, the number of dead has already reached about 2,800, compared to 1,800 during the same period last year, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). One of the […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/06/22/why-the-migrant-route-is-deadlier-than-ever/