Migrants aboard an inflatable boat before their rescue co-ordinated by a U.S. military vessel near Spain in 2016. (U.S. Navy, Wesley R. Dickey, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain) By Peoples Dispatch Over 2,500 people died or went missing while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe by September this year, stated the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), a huge jump from last year’s figure from the same period of 1,680. UNHCR Director Ruven Menikdiwela told the UN Security