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Blaming Europe and Arresting Smugglers Will Not Solve the Mediterranean Migrant-Crisis
The United Nations estimates 60,000 people have tried to cross the Mediterranean this year. Nearly 2,000 have died this year trying to reach Europe from Africa. This is a 20-fold increase for the same time period in 2014 where fewer than 100 perished at sea.