Mediterranean Sea Becomes A Graveyard

This undated image made available Monday, May 30, 2016 by the Italian Navy Marina Militare shows migrants being rescued at sea. Survivor accounts have pushed to more than 700 the number of migrants feared dead in Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks over three days in the past week, even as rescue ships saved thousands of others in daring operations.
This undated image from the Italian Navy Marina Militare shows migrants being rescued at sea. Italian Navy via AP
This undated image made available Monday, May 30, 2016 by the Italian Navy Marina Militare shows migrants being rescued at sea. Survivor accounts have pushed to more than 700 the number of migrants feared dead in Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks over three days in the past week, even as rescue ships saved thousands of others in daring operations.
This undated image from the Italian Navy Marina Militare shows migrants being rescued at sea. Italian Navy via AP

Mediterranean Sea Becomes A Graveyard

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At least 1,030 people died last week as they tried to cross the Mediterranean Sea, among them a baby no more than a year old.

The International Organization for Migration says it may have been a record number.  

We take a look at what’s led to the increasing numbers of deaths with Demetrios Papademetriou, a senior fellow and president emeritus of the Migration Policy Institute, a Washington-based think tank dedicated to the study of international migration.