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Mediterranean sea disasters kill over a thousand migrants
The International Organization for Migration reports at least 1,083 migrants died or went missing in the Libya to Italy sea route over the past week amid multiple shipwrecks. Survivors spoke of women and children among the dead as aid officials warn of riskier smuggling tactics and a deadly trend as seas warm and summer travel increases.
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Geneva
Libya
Italy
Europe
Mediterranean
Filmon Selomon
Habtom
Tekle
International Organization For Migration
Libya-to
William Spindler
U.N. Refugee Agency
IOM
Joel Millman
Associated Press
Reggio Calabria
Spindler
UNHCR