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FOX NewsNov 26, 2022
The Facts
On Tuesday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 2022 was the deadliest year for migrants in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) since 2017. About 3,789 people died along sea and land routes, including crossings in the Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea.
According to the UN agency, the death toll was 11% higher than in 2021 and the highest since the 4,255 documented in 2017, adding that it could be higher because insufficient data may have failed to record many further deaths.
The Spin
Establishment-critical narrative
People are dying in large numbers on migration routes in the MENA region as they seek to escape violence, war, hunger, extreme poverty, climate change, and other natural disasters. The international community, especially the EU, must stop pretending that migrants no longer exist or that their tragedies no longer matter, and set up a mechanism to end this humanitarian crisis and prevent further loss of lives.
Pro-establishment narrative
Even though the migrants are not European citizens, the EU is boosting rescue operations, offering shelter for migrants already on their territory, fighting migrant smuggling in the Mediterranean, and assisting African authorities to better control and address irregular migration. While an escalating migration crisis is testing the EU's commitment to human rights and open borders, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency has already saved more than 629K people since 2015.
