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Over 3,000 people died or went missing trying to reach Europe by sea last year, UN says

Axios · Laurin-Whitney Gottbrath · last updated
More than 3,000 people died or went missing trying to reach Europe via Mediterranean or Atlantic sea routes last year, the UN refugee agency said in a report Friday.The big picture: The “alarming” figure is nearly double the number from the previous year, whe…