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Europe
Behind the Mediterranean Migrant ‘Crisis’
Sinking Ships
The flood of people struggling across the water from Africa began long ago. What’s new is Europe’s misreading of the situation in Libya—and the number of people dying.
Ann Marlowe
Published
Jun. 2 2015
4:25PM EDT
Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty
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