Some 485 men, women and
children have died at sea trying to reach Europe this year, the
International Organization for Migration said Tuesday. This
compared with 425 in the same period last year. Some 16,775
people arrived by sea in Europe up to February 26, just over 80%
in Italy (13,457) and the rest in Greece (2,318) and
Spain (1,000). In the first 57 days of last year the total was
124,986. Italy is hoping that a recent deal with Libya will curb
the wave of arrivals across the Mediterranean.
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