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The International Organization for Migration says almost 3,000 migrants have already died in the Mediterranean so far in 2016, as officials struggle to cope with the crisis, now in its third year.
Athens/Madrid/Rome/Tripoli, Jun 4 (EFE).- Alfa Jafo wears a puzzled look on his face when asked if the Covid-19 pandemic has killed his dream of escaping poverty and war and making the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean.Europe became one of the world’s worst-hit continents during the pandemic, which confined millions of people who once took cross-border travel for granted, to their homes.
The Italian coastguard released video of migrants being rescued from an overcrowded rubber boat adrift in the Mediterranean Sea. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
The bodies of nine dead migrants arrive in Sicily aboard a Spanish rescue vessel, bringing this year's total number of known migrant drownings to more than 3700. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
The Italian coast guard rescues eight boatloads of migrants in one day, saving the lives of 935 people trying to make their way to Europe. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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