2016 records most asylum-seeker deaths ever: IOM

2016 will go on the record as the year that saw the highest number of asylum-seeker deaths globally as they sought protection in an increasingly unwelcoming world.That's according to the International Organisation for Migration, which says most continue to die or go missing in the Mediterranean Sea trying to reach Europe.

: Volunteers help migrants and refugees as they arrive at the Greek island of Lesbos Source: AAP