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| Record 137,000 migrants have crossed Med this year, says UN |
| 2015-07-02 |
| [THETIMES.CO.UK] Europe is facing "a maritime refugee crisis of historic proportions", the United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... has warned. It said that a record 137,000 people had crossed the Mediterranean in the first six months of this year. The numbers were 83 per cent higher than the same period last year, a report by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said. It warned that numbers were likely to continue rising as more good weather allowed people- smuggling gangs to put more vessels to sea. |
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