The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. September 16, 2014 Hundreds of Migrants Feared Dead in Shipwrecks ----------------------------------------------- Hundreds of migrants are feared dead after several shipwrecks in recent days. In the worst incident, the International Organization for Migration warns up to 500 people died after traffickers rammed their ship off the coast of Malta last week. The death toll on the year for migrants at sea is near 3,000. .