Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 14:36:57 +0000
165,000 refugees and migrants have arrived in Europe via the Mediterranean
so far this year. That is compared to 60,000 in 2013. Estimates say that
3,000 people have died or are missing at sea this year alone – the actual
number could be even more.
Facilitating the crossing is lucrative and the unstable environment in
Libya is fertile ground for people smugglers. According to the EU border
agency, Frontex, it is estimated that the average value of a boat of
migrants to traffickers can be more than $1m (£635,200)...continue Reading
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