UN: Migrant Deaths in the MENA Region Highest Since 2017

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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.

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