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11-11-2017, 10:22 AM
Heart-wrenching newspaper feature lists names of 33,000 dead refugees
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It's difficult (https://io9.gizmodo.com/how-to-comprehend-incomprehensibly-large-numbers-1531604757) for people to conceptualize quantities in large numbers, such as the tens of thousands of people (http://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/latest/2016/10/580f3e684/mediterranean-death-toll-soars-2016-deadliest-year.html) who have died on their journey to Europe, seeking refuge from conflict and poverty.*
On Friday, the German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel *turned the mounting death tolls into something that would help readers picture the pain: a list of more than 33,000 names (http://www.tagesspiegel.de/downloads/20560202/3/listeentireberlinccbanu.pdf) of people who have died attempting to reach Europe. Last year was the deadliest yet for migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea: More than 5,000 perished or went missing during their journey to Europe, according to the U.N. International Organization for Migration. (https://www.iom.int/news/mediterranean-migrant-arrivals-top-363348-2016-deaths-sea-5079) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/10/der-tagesspiegel-list-of-dead-refugees/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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On Friday, the German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel *turned the mounting death tolls into something that would help readers picture the pain: a list of more than 33,000 names (http://www.tagesspiegel.de/downloads/20560202/3/listeentireberlinccbanu.pdf) of people who have died attempting to reach Europe. Last year was the deadliest yet for migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea: More than 5,000 perished or went missing during their journey to Europe, according to the U.N. International Organization for Migration. (https://www.iom.int/news/mediterranean-migrant-arrivals-top-363348-2016-deaths-sea-5079) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/10/der-tagesspiegel-list-of-dead-refugees/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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