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November 5, 2019

U.N. Warns Migration Land Route Across Africa Twice as Deadly as Mediterranean
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The United Nations Refugee Agency is warning that the migration land
route across Africa is even more deadly than the perilous journey across
the Mediterranean Sea. Since 2014, over 19,000 people have died trying
to cross the Mediterranean en route to Europe. But a top official with
the U.N. Refugee Agency told a German newspaper that the land journey to
reach the sea is likely twice as deadly. The International Organization
for Migration says dehydration, violence, starvation and illness are
among the primary causes of death for migrants traveling across Africa.


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