Pope Francis grieve over migrant’s death on English Channel

The deaths of 27 migrants across the English Channel shocked both Britain and France. However, shipwrecks of such magnitude are not uncommon further south of the Mediterranean Sea as migrants flee poverty, natural disasters and dictatorships for a life of their own. live better in Europe. UN officials estimate that around 1,600 people have died or gone missing this year in the Mediterranean alone, their bodies often not being found and their deaths related only to survivors.