Libya
Nearly 47,000 have left Libya for Italy so far this year.
More than 45,000 people have reached Italy by boat from North Africa this year.
The waters separating North Africa and Italy are the last remaining hope for many desperate people. But they're also some of the deadliest.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
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The baby was traveling on one of two rubber boats carrying over 200 migrants and refugees.
It's a tragically common storyline in the central Mediterranean.
The sheer number of rafts overwhelmed our flotilla. Tragedies mounted.
The aid group said two boats that sunk in the Mediterranean were probably carrying more than 100 people each.
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