In just the first few months of 2015, more than 38,000 people have attempted to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa. Some 1,800 people have died as a result – more than twice the number of such deaths in all of 2013.
2015年才过去几个月，但已有38,000多人试图供北非渡过地中海来到欧洲。大约1,800人在途中丧生——是2013年全年因此死亡的人数的两倍多。