Bowcott Owen

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• 4,000 refugees believed drowned at sea every year

  7 December 2004
  Up to 4,000 asylum seekers drown at sea every year as they flee persecution or poverty, according to newly published British research. Fear of terrorism and public scares about mass migration have led to more vigilant coastal patrols and an international climate that discourages captains from stopping to help small boats in distress, says Professor Michael Pugh of Plymouth University.