Nearly 1,000 people die every year in the Mediterranean Sea, which is fast becoming the graveyard of Europe. Why would anyone expose themselves to this continual cycle of trauma? Often they have no choice, it’s either face death in one country or risk it to another, in the hope that life is surely better elsewhere.  Isn’t this something that we all have a right to hope for – a life unfettered by violence, harassment, poverty and daily hardship?