1: By the end of the year , more than 174,000 people had been rescued in Italy ; an estimated 3,072 people died making the journey , according to the IOM . 2: Moutassem Yazbek , 27 , an IT specialist who worked for six years in Dubai , arrived in Sicily in December on board a smuggler 's boat . 3: Many make the trip in dangerous boats owned by people smugglers ; thousands have died along the way in recent years .
1: the journey 2: on board 3: the trip