Number Of Migrant Deaths In Mediterranean Fell In 2018
Total migration to Europe has gone down substantially since its peak in 2015. Meanwhile, migration patterns have shifted, as Italy closes its ports amidst an increase in anti-immigrant populism.
Fewer migrants attempted the perilous Mediterranean crossing toward Europe last year, leading to a drop in migrant deaths at sea, as patterns of migration shifted amid growing anti-immigrant sentiment.
But the route remains as deadly as ever, with a slight rise in the number of deaths per migrant who made the crossing.
The number of migrants. That marks the closest that statistic has come to falling back to .
