Why do people risk their lives crossing from Libya to Italy?

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At least 5,000 people died trying to reach Italy in 2016. Another 180,000 migrants made it. What were they fleeing? Federico Soda from the International Organisation for Migration explains that many are from various African countries and first travel to Libya to look for work. (Photo: Refugees and migrants wait on deck of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue vessel Golfo Azzurro to disembark after being rescued off Libyan coast north of Sabratha, Libya on February 19, 2017 in Pozzallo, Italy)