title: trump kills the gop with the lowest score in history of presidential leadership poll
text: eu in this october   photo provided by seawatch aid group refugees sit in an inflatable boat background left while a speedboat labeled libyan coast guard background right and seawatch members in a boat foreground arrive off the libyan coast in the mediterranean sea via ap 
  the un refugee agency also known as the unhcr says the number of refugees who died in the mediterranean sea on their way to europe in  has reached an alltime high 
  we can confirm that at least  people have been reported dead or missing in the mediterranean sea so far this year making the death toll in  the highest ever recorded said the un refugee agency spokesman william spindler on wednesday 
  the alarming surge which surpassed the death toll of  for  comes despite a considerable decline in the number of refugees crossing the mediterranean in  
  more than a million people reached europe via the mediterranean in  while fewer than  crossings have been reported so far this year 
  the number of refugees heading to europe has declined as the european union in march signed a controversial deal with turkey aimed at stemming the flow of refugees into the continent by forcing those deported from the eu to either be located in turkey or go back to the original country of departure 
  since then the route between libya and italy across the central mediterranean has become the main way as pathways to greece have been closed down 
  according to the agency the likelihood of perishing in the shorter route between turkey and greece was one in  while one death for every  arrivals was reported in the most perilous route between libya and italy in  
  the unhcr attributed the surge mainly to the overcrowded lower quality vessels flimsy inflatable rafts often used by smugglers in this october   photo provided by seawatch aid group refugees sit in an inflatable boat off the libyan coast in the mediterranean sea via ap 
   refugees found dead in mediterranean sea msf says 
  earlier on wednesday doctors without borders known as the msf by its french acronym said  bodies had been retrieved from a refugee boat during a rescue operation in the mediterranean 
  the msf said its ship bourbon argos found the bodies aboard the vessel  nautical miles off libya late on tuesday the vessel was carrying  survivors the victims had apparently been burned suffocated or drowned 
  the recovery operation which took place with the help of a team from the berlinbased nongovernmental organization seawatch took a long time as the boat was flooded with a mixture of fuel and seawater 
  the mixture of water and fuel was so foul that we could not stay on the boat for long periods it was horrible said michele telaro the msf project leader 
  the msf also saved  people aboard another dinghy on tuesday seawatch recovered a body in another operation 
  the italian coast guard reported that  refugees were rescued from overcrowded boats on tuesday 
  most of the asylum seekers that have triggered the unprecedented influx of refugees europe has been dealing with over the past few years flee conflictridden zones in north africa and the middle east particularly syria many blame western policies toward the conflicts for the refugee crisis loading