Report: Mediterranean's Migrant Death Toll Jumps

Sep 30, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    36% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    30% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    36% Medium Conservative

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Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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"More migrants lose their lives on land, away from public attention, Menikdiwela said."
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4% Conservative
"The EU has also signed border control deals with countries such as Libya and Tunisia."
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4% Conservative
"The International Organization of Migration (IOM) reports a slightly higher figure of 2,778 for those who died or disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea between January and September this year, according to Pär Liljert, the IOM's director."
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-16% Liberal
"A U.N. report earlier this year blamed the EU for directly or indirectly being involved in war crimes in Libya, related to the abduction and illegal confinement of migrants and refugees there by various non-state actors."
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-28% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : More migrants lose their lives on land, "away from public attention," Menikdiwela said.
52% : The EU has also signed border control deals with countries such as Libya and Tunisia.
42% : The International Organization of Migration (IOM) reports a slightly higher figure of 2,778 for those who died or disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea between January and September this year, according to Pär Liljert, the IOM's director.
36% : A U.N. report earlier this year blamed the EU for directly or indirectly being involved in war crimes in Libya, related to the abduction and illegal confinement of migrants and refugees there by various non-state actors.

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