Mediterranean shipwrecks leave over 700 refugees dead, many fleeing Mideast wars - World Socialist Web Site
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Mediterranean shipwrecks leave over 700 refugees dead, many fleeing Mideast wars
By Bill Van Auken
16 September 2014
Over 700 refugees from the Middle East and Africa are feared dead in a pair of catastrophic shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea over the past week, the world’s main international migration agency reported Monday.
This tragic loss of life is directly bound up with the series of military interventions carried out by US imperialism and its allies, which have plunged the Middle East and much of Africa into chaos, turning millions into homeless refugees.