Nearly 2,000 migrants have died crossing the Mediterranean this year. Here's why

June 28, 2023

Laurel Wamsley

This handout image provided by Greece's coast guard on June 14 shows scores of people on a battered fishing boat that later capsized and sank off southern Greece, drowning hundreds of migrants. (Hellenic Coast Guard via AP)

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