More Than 1,500 Migrant Deaths Reported in 2017 Alone Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Save the Children workers rescue migrants on a boat in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya on May 23, on one of the group's biggest single-day rescue hauls so far in 2017. ( Richard Hall/The World ) Produced by Ellen Frankman Hosted by Todd Zwillich Produced by PRI and WNYC