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Mediterranean migrant deaths in 2016 pass 5,000: UN
Shoaib Ur Rehman
23 Dec, 2016
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Copyright AFP (Agence France-Press), 2016
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![](https://i.brecorder.com/images/2016/12/un-1024.jpg">GENEVA: The number of migrants and refugees who have perished while trying to cross the Mediterranean this year has passed 5,000, the UN said Friday after two more deadly shipwrecks. </P><P>The latest incidents happened Thursday when an estimated 100 people drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after two rubber dinghies collapsed, the UN refugee agency said, citing reports from the Italian coastguard. </P><P>In October, UNHCR declared 2016 the deadliest year ever for migrants trying to reach Europe on the Mediterranean route, when the fatality mark hit 3,800. </P><P>Deaths have surged this year because migrant smugglers are increasingly using poor quality vessels while also trying to pack more people on boats, possibly to raise profits, UNHCR has said. </P><P>)
