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000 Attempted to Cross the Mediterranean This Year.
New York, 1 July 2105(Lana) The United Nations has announced that
137.000 have attempted to the cross the Mediterranean for Europe in
2015, often in ramshackle boats, fleeing armed conflict in their
countries.
This number has risen by 83% compared to the first half of 2014,
the UN report said on Wedneday. The situation is expected to get even
worse as traffickers activities incresae in Summer, it said.
According to the UN High Commission for Refugees the number of
migrants in the first half of 2014 was more than 75,000, and by the
end of the year the number rose to 219.000.
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