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**SarkisPioute** · 06-09-2006, 08:00 AM

Talldrink, I think we can certainly gauge how bad things are by the numbers of yolas in the ocean - it is a direct indicator of the people's desperation. What we cannot gauge is an accurate estimate of how many yolas in fact set sail, only how many are apprehended.

From DR1 News:

The record-breaking year was 1996 with 5,430 people caught, which declined sharply to 1,143 in 1997 and continued to decrease until 2002, when only 177 people were apprehended making the perilous journey. Numbers rose dramatically to 1,748 in 2003, however, and with 2004 just one month old, a figure of 2,290 has already been reached, according to the newspaper’s statistics, which is more than during the previous two years combined.

06-09-2006, 08:00 AM	#9
SarkisPioute Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 540 Senior Member	Talldrink, I think we can certainly gauge how bad things are by the numbers of yolas in the ocean - it is a direct indicator of the people's desperation. What we cannot gauge is an accurate estimate of how many yolas in fact set sail, only how many are apprehended. From DR1 News: The record-breaking year was 1996 with 5,430 people caught, which declined sharply to 1,143 in 1997 and continued to decrease until 2002, when only 177 people were apprehended making the perilous journey. Numbers rose dramatically to 1,748 in 2003, however, and with 2004 just one month old, a figure of 2,290 has already been reached, according to the newspaper’s statistics, which is more than during the previous two years combined.
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