3,000 migrants killed in Med this year: IOM

Nearly 3,000 migrants and refugees have perished in the Mediterranean Sea already this year while almost 250,000 have reached Europe, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said yesterday. The estimated death toll could put 2016 on track to be the deadliest year of the migration crisis. Last year the same landmark was only reached in October, by which time nearly one million had crossed into Europe. Three out of four victims this year died while trying to reach Italy from North Africa, mostly Libya.before, he said.