2014 was the deadliest year on record for migrants

quote from PBS NEWSHOUR Saturday January 3rd 2015:

"2014 was the deadliest year on record for migrants. At least 4,868 people died fleeing conflict and poverty."

This quote was shared after they talked about a ship that was full of migrants from Syria who had been abandoned by the Smugglars off the coast of Italy with hundreds of people from Syria who had paid between 2000 to 5000 dollars a head for this journey. Now, they likely will have to be rescued by the Italian Navy or these people all will die because they are not sailors.