A couple embraces right after crossing the Aegean sea aboard a rubber boat, with other asylum seekers from the Middle East, from the Turkish coast to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. The International Organization for Migration said that week a record number of people had crossed the Mediterranean into Europe, topping a half a million, with some 388,000 entering via Greece. By the end of 2015 more than 1 million people had crossed the Mediterranean to reach Europe in 12 months, and at least 3.782 died in the attempt, according to the International Organization for Migration. (© Santi Palacios)