The International Office of Migration has documented deaths over the past 10 years of some 63,000 people who fled their countries to seek a new life. Nearly 60% of the migrant deaths recorded by the IOM were related to drowning. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Jorge Galindo of the IOM about the deadly sea route across the Mediterranean Sea and other dangerous migrant paths around the globe.
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