Record number of immigrants drowned in 2016

The dangerous crossing to Europe across the Mediterranean this year proved fatal for a record number of migrants.

In 2015, not 3495 people survived the journey. The year before 3162 arrived immigrants- both war refugees as people who travel to Europe for economic reasons- to support life. Wednesday were still missing at sea 240 migrants. It is assumed that they are no longer alive.

By far the most deaths (3743) are the so-called central Mediterranean route between Libya and Italy. On the eastern route to Greece fell last year, 415 deaths.