The trip could have killed them. But people fleeing economic wreckage in the Middle East say they'd do it 100 times over
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/12/middleeast/migration-iraq-syria-middle-east-cmd-intl/index.html
Off the topic. MENA is a common word among English speakers? It stands for Middle East and North Africa. I've never heard the word until 2020.
According to Wikipedia, MENA is the area that has attractive market like oil.
