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More than 200,000 crossed seas to EU this year
By EUobserver
Some 205,000 people have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe so far this year, compared with 90,000 in the same time period last year, the International Organisation for Migration in Geneva said on Tuesday. It said 160,000 of this year's crossings were to Greece. Meanwhile, the UN said 2,510 people had died trying to cross the sea this year, most on the Libya-Italy route - a 25% increase from last year.