Photos: Refugees make perilous journey to Lesbos despite rising deaths

Refugees and migrants try to reach the shore of the Greek island of Lesbos — which has been a major portal for those looking to cross into Europe — on Oct. 30, 2015 after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey. Aris Messinis / AFP/ Getty Images

A paramedic seals a body bag carrying the body of a child washed up ashore on Lesbos island on Nov. 1, 2015. Greek authorities said 43 people, including 20 children, died in last week's sinking of an overloaded wooden boat carrying more than 300 refugees. Aris Messinis / AFP / Getty Images

A picture taken on Oct. 30, 2015 shows the passports of members of a family who drowned after the boat transporting them sank, on a Lesbos beach. From the start of the year until Oct. 29, at least 435 people have drowned trying to reach Greece, according to data from the International Organization of Migration. AFP / Getty Images

Refugees and migrants arrive on the Greek Lesbos island after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey on Nov. 2, 2015. The United Nations said Monday that over 218,000 refugees crossed the Mediterranean to Europe in October — a monthly record and nearly the same number as in the whole of 2014. Aris Messinis / AFP / Getty Images

The body of a refugee lies on a beach after being washed ashore on Lesbos on Nov. 1, 2015. Lesbos Mayor Spyros Galinos said Monday that the island has run out of room to bury the growing number of refugees dying in shipwrecks trying to reach Greece. Giorgos Moutafis / Reuters