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FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2019, file photo, migrants aboard a blue plastic boat are seen in the Mediterranean Sea. The U.N. refugee agency is investigating why Malta last week allegedly asked the Libyan coast guard to intercept a migrant boat in a zone of the Mediterranean under Maltese responsibility, in possible violation of maritime law, a U.N. official said Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Renata Brito)

UNHCR probes Libya-Malta interception in migrant rescue

By RENATA BRITO and GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

FILE - This Sunday, June 24, 2018, file photo provided by the Libyan Coast Guard shows migrants on a ship intercepted offshore near the town of Gohneima, east of the capital, Tripoli. The United Nations refugee agency says people smugglers are taking greater risks to ferry their human cargo toward Europe as Libya’s coast guard intercepts more and more boats carrying migrants, increasing the likelihood that those on board may die during the Mediterranean journeys. (Libyan Coast Guard via AP, File)

UN agency: Trips across Mediterranean fall, but risks rise

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, file photo, migrants and members of the crew of the Aquarius rescue ship wave as they enter the harbor of Senglea, Malta. The U.N. refugee agency says people smugglers are taking greater risks to ferry their human cargo toward Europe as Libya’s coast guard increasingly intercepts boats carrying migrants, increasing the likelihood that those on board may die on the Mediterranean journey. That’s one of the key findings from the latest UNHCR report about efforts to reach Europe. (AP Photo/Rene Rossignaud, File)

U.N. agency: Trips across Mediterranean fall, but risks rise

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

UN agency: Trips across Mediterranean fall, but risks rise

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press