family thousands marched in a procession from the execution site to the location where the bodies were discarded bolshevik troops killed nicholas during the russian civil war eighteen months after he abdicated power as russia's last emperor. the united nations migration agency says almost fifty one thousand migrants have crossed the mediterranean to europe so far this year now that is less than half the number that made the treacherous journey during the same period in two thousand and seventy but while the numbers are down plenty still dream of a new life in europe as you get these funny for char reports from tunisia many people who have failed to make the crossing once vow to try again but for others there is no second chance hardly anyone visits this place on the tunisian coast others said here are do remain so women children and young men they drowned in the mediterranean chasing an uncertain dream a dream wolf life in europe. their stories lie buried with them in these makeshift