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Buried without a name
Buried without a name
The untold story of Europe's drowned migrants
By Vladimir Hernandez and Nassos Stylianou
BBC News
10 May 2016
Europe
More than 1,250 unnamed men, women and children have been buried in unmarked graves in 70 sites in Turkey, Greece and Italy since 2014, a BBC investigation has found. The majority died trying to cross the Mediterranean to seek a new life in Europe.
Over the past two years an estimated 8,000 people have lost their lives trying to cross into the EU, according to figures from the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Most are lost at sea, but many bodies have been washed ashore, bringing tragedy to the beaches of Greece, Italy and Turkey.
But who cares for these dead? Where are they buried? And how can desperate relatives many miles away discover if their missing loved ones are among the drowned?
Ten people a day have died trying to cross the Mediterranean, since 2014.
On average, at least one person each day has been buried in an unmarked grave.
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We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.