Geneva: Nearly 3,000 migrants and refugees have perished in the Mediterranean Sea already this year while almost 2,50,000 have reached Europe, the International Organisation for Migration said on Friday. “There’s no question that in some of this range of detention (centres) there are people in league with smugglers who are moving people towards the smugglers,” Millman said. Nearly 2,500 fatalities have occurred since late March, with about 20 migrants dying each day along the route from Libya to Italy, Millman said. Last year the same landmark was only reached in October, by which time nearly one million people had crossed into Europe. That indicated departures from Libya were at “maximum capacity” due to a limited number of boats deemed seaworthy.

Source: Mint July 22, 2016 14:26 UTC