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| Mapping Mediterranean migration | Mapping Mediterranean migration |
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| The deaths of around 300 migrants off the small island of Lampedusa on 3 October have brought the issue of migration in the Mediterranean sharply back into focus. | |
| Every year thousands of people, many fleeing conflict and instability in Africa and the Middle East, risk their lives in small, often decrepit vessels while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to European territories. | Every year thousands of people, many fleeing conflict and instability in Africa and the Middle East, risk their lives in small, often decrepit vessels while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to European territories. |