title: indian princess watches over rare paleontological remains
text: eu refugees wait to disembark from a ship on october   in palermo italy photo by afp 
  more than  refugees have died across the world since the beginning of  says the international organization for migration iom 
  the organization which is based in geneva said on friday that of a total of  deaths  people died trying to cross the mediterranean sea by boat indicating a person increase compared to  
  on wednesday the united nations high commissioner for refugees unhcr made a different account with more than  deaths in the mediterranean since january also noting that it was a new record compared to  
  over  asylum seekers trying to reach the european union died off the libyan shores recently according to the iom 
  the eu said on thursday it had begun training the libyan coast guard how to curb the influx of asylum seekers 
  today we are starting the training of the libyan coast guard in operation sophia which is a very important step said the eu foreign affairs chief federica mogherini as she arrived for a meeting with nato defense ministers in brussels 
  nato secretary general jens stoltenberg said the western military alliance had just launched its own operation sea guardian in the mediterranean to help support operation sophia 
  the eu launched operation sophia last year after hundreds of asylum seekers died when their rickety boats sank off southern italy 
  the central mediterranean route has seen more asylum seekers risk their lives in recent months after the eu reached an accord with turkey in march to halt an influx of refugees crossing the aegean to reach europe 
  stoltenberg further said within two weeks ships and aircraft would be provided by nato allies to help back up operation sophia loading