UN Refugee Agency: More than 300,000 migrants crossed Mediterranean this year

More than 300 thousand refugees have crossed the Mediterranean sea so far this year, and more than two thousand have died, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency.

The latest U-N figures come as boats carrying 500 migrants sank off the coast of Libya on Thursday.

UN Correspondent Liling Tan has more.

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