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Migrant deaths on land and at sea strengthen calls for change in Europe

VIDEO: Seventy-one migrants were found dead thursday in a locked truck abandoned on a highway in Austria.
Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner is stressing the need for legal ways to help the refu­gee surge. (AP)

By Griff Witte and Anthony Faiola August 28 at 11:56 AM

LONDON — The deaths en masse of scores of migrants on land and at sea prompted fresh calls on Friday for Europe to overhaul the way it
responds to a never-before-seen influx of men, women and children that shows no sign of abating despite risks that seem to rise by the day.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/boat-sinks-off-the-coast-of-libya-killing-as-many-as-200-death-toll-up-from-abandoned-truck-in-austria/2015/08/28/c44c3cb4-4cf2-11e5-80c2-106ea7fb80d4_story.html

.. vicious smugglers and desperate refugees .. about as dangerous a combination you can find, some leading to most horrific tragedies ..