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ROME. — Some 150 000 migrants and refugees have so far this year made the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe, and more than 1 900 of them have died, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said. The IOM’s announcement on Friday came just a month after the 100 000-mark was passed, and the United Nations warned the surge in arrivals was creating humanitarian crises that required a “collective and far-reaching” European response.
IOM spokesman Joel Millman said that 1 914 people had died trying to cross the Mediterranean this year. “That is about double last year’s pace,” he said, lamenting that this past week had been particularly deadly. — Agencies.
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