Migration officials and rescue groups in Europe say the migrant route from North Africa remains the deadliest. Joel Millman, a spokesman for the International Organization for Migration, said at least 38 migrant bodies were recovered in Mediterranean rescues Monday and Tuesday, including those found by the Astral. Mr. Messinis, 39, who has covered the conflicts in Libya and Syria, has been photographing the European migration crisis since it began three years ago. What he witnessed on the Mediterranean, he said, was different. “This is shocking and this is what makes you feel you are not living in a civilized world.”

Source: New York Times October 05, 2016 21:35 UTC