The Local The number of migrants drowning in the Mediterranean amounts to “a war”, the president of Italy’s lower house of parliament, Laura Boldrini, said on Friday as this year’s death toll topped 2,500. Speaking in Rome, Boldrini said the number of deaths this year were comparable to modern-day conflicts. “There is a war underway
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The Local The number of migrants drowning in the Mediterranean amounts to “a war”, the president of Italy’s lower house of parliament, Laura Boldrini, said on Friday as this year’s death toll topped 2,500. Speaking in Rome, Boldrini said the number of deaths this year were comparable to modern-day conflicts. “There is a war underway
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The New York Times For most migrants, packed aboard rickety boats, the journey is a gamble. “They know that they can drown,” said Carlotta Sami, a spokeswoman for the United Nations refugee agency in Geneva. “They know that they can die.” Only last week, the Italian authorities said they rescued almost 1,000 such migrants in international waters
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