Libyan migrants on a wooden boat await rescue by the migrant search and rescue vessel MV Seefuchs (rear) of the German NGO Sea-Eye south of the Al Jurf Oilfield some 45 nautical miles off the coast of Libya, October 1, 2017. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 33,000 migrants have died at sea trying to reach European shores since 2000, making the Mediterranean "by far the world's deadliest border", the United Nations migration agency said on Friday.
After record arrivals from 2014 to 2016, the European Union's deal with Turkey to stop arrivals to Greece and blocks on migrants inside Libya and off its coast have greatly reduced the flow, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
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