Mr. President. I wish to discuss an enormous human tragedy: another boat carrying desperate refugees and migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea and. in this most recent instance. over 850 men. women. and children have died. It is profoundly heartwrenching to view the anguished images of innocent refugees and migrants. men and women. old and young. who embarked on this desperate journey bound for a more hopeful future. but which instead ended in death on the Mediterranean Sea for so many people. In 2014. we know that well over 218.000 refugees and migrants crossed the Mediterranean Sea. many fleeing violence. conflict. and persecution in Syria. Iraq. Eritrea and elsewhere. traveling on overcrowded and unseaworthy boats.
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