Fewer migrants are attempting the crossing, but fatality rates have risen, with 2016 on track to be “the deadliest year on record in the Mediterranean Sea,” the UN says.
Destroying smugglers’ boats won’t fix the Mediterranean refugee crisis, this man says
A recent study suggests that the Mediterranean island of Cyprus runs the risk of becoming more like a desert by the end of this century from the effects of climate change. The World’s Aaron Schachter has details.
