Highlighting that the number of causalities in the Mediterranean Sea this year has crossed 5,000 with the latest reports of about 100 people feared to have drowned, the United Nations refugee agency has called on countries to increase pathways for admission of refugees.
According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), this is the worst annual death toll ever seen.
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