Closer examination shows there’s a tragic contradiction in the figures he cites in his state of union speech.

The number of people who succumb while making the crossing from Africa into Europe has indeed gone down in 2017.

But for those who brave the Mediterranean in unseaworthy boats the risk of dying  is greater.

The International Organization for migration figures show the number of arrivals have fallen more sharply than the number of deaths.

In 2015,  268 migrants arrived safely for every death.

Last year that figure was 70.

This year its fallen even further to 50.

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