More than 100,000 people die on the oceans each year, a rising number fuelled by impunity drawn from poor regulations.

More than 100,000 people die on the oceans each year, a rising number fuelled by impunity drawn from poor regulations.

Unless the EU changes its approach to migration, more people will be brutalised and killed in the Mediterranean.
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