{"id":3330,"date":"2023-09-29T07:05:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T07:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=3330"},"modified":"2023-09-29T07:05:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T07:05:28","slug":"over-2500-killed-missing-as-186000-people-cross-mediterranean-to-europe-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/over-2500-killed-missing-as-186000-people-cross-mediterranean-to-europe-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 2500 killed, missing as 186,000 people cross Mediterranean to Europe in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sep 29 : Over 2,500 people died<\/a> or have gone missing while trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe<\/a> so far this year, reportes.However,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>same\u00a0<\/span><\/span>time\u00a0<\/span>period,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>186,000\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arrived\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>European\u00a0<\/span>nations.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to reports<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>UN\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Security<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Council\u00a0<\/span><\/span>heard\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ruven\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Menikdiwela,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>director\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>UN\u00a0<\/span>High\u00a0<\/span>Commissioner\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Refugees\u00a0<\/span>(UNHCR)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>office\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>New\u00a0<\/span>York,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>186,000\u00a0<\/span><\/span>migrants\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crossed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Mediterranean,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>83%\u2014or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>around\u00a0<\/span><\/span>130,000\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u2014landed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Italy.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>She\u00a0<\/span><\/span>added\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>some\u00a0<\/span>migrants\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arrived\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>other\u00a0<\/span>nations,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Greece,\u00a0<\/span>Spain,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Cyprus,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Malta.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Security\u00a0<\/span>Council\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>informed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>more\u00a0<\/span><\/span>persons\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>year\u00a0<\/span><\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>last\u00a0<\/span>year\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>perished\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>missing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>travelling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>water,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Al\u00a0<\/span>Jazeera.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Security\u00a0<\/span>Council\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>informed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>perished\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>missing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>year\u00a0<\/span><\/span>compared\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>previous\u00a0<\/span>year\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>perilous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>maritime\u00a0<\/span><\/span>passage.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Menikdiwela\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>September\u00a0<\/span>24\u00a0<\/span><\/span>alone,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2,500\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>accounted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dead\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>missing.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>same\u00a0<\/span><\/span>period\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2022,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1,680\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>died\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>went\u00a0<\/span><\/span>missing,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>so\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>amount\u00a0<\/span><\/span>represented\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>significant\u00a0<\/span>increase.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Menikdiwela\u00a0<\/span><\/span>added\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>UN\u00a0<\/span>Refugee\u00a0<\/span>Agency\u00a0<\/span><\/span>believed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“no\u00a0<\/span><\/span>end\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sight”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>travelling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>land\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>sea\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>reach\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Europe,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>both\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>extremely\u00a0<\/span>risky.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Al\u00a0<\/span>Jazeera,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>she\u00a0<\/span><\/span>told\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>council\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>land\u00a0<\/span><\/span>route\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sub-Saharan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>African\u00a0<\/span>nations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sea\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crossing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>places\u00a0<\/span><\/span>off\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>beaches\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tunisia\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Libya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“remains\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>world’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>most\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dangerous.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Lives\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lost\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>land,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>away\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>public\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attention,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Menikdiwela\u00a0<\/span><\/span>continued.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>UNHCR\u00a0<\/span><\/span>representative\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>migrants\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>refugees\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“risk\u00a0<\/span><\/span>death\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gross\u00a0<\/span><\/span>human\u00a0<\/span>rights\u00a0<\/span><\/span>violations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>every\u00a0<\/span><\/span>step.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>102,000\u00a0<\/span><\/span>migrants\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reportedly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attempted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>cross\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Mediterranean\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tunisia\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>year,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>represents\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>260%\u00a0<\/span><\/span>increase\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>last\u00a0<\/span>year,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>45,000\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reportedly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attempted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cross\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Libya,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>she\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Additionally,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Al\u00a0<\/span>Jazeera,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>data\u00a0<\/span><\/span>provided\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>UNHCR\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>comparable\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>those\u00a0<\/span><\/span>displayed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Par\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Liljert,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>director\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>International\u00a0<\/span>Office\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Migration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(IOM).<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Liljert\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Security\u00a0<\/span>Council\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“recent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>IOM\u00a0<\/span><\/span>data\u00a0<\/span><\/span>demonstrates\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>January\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>September\u00a0<\/span>2023,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>187,000\u00a0<\/span><\/span>individuals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crossed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Mediterranean\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pursuit\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>better\u00a0<\/span>future\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>promise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>safety.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Tragically,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>IOM\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recorded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2,778\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deaths\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>time\u00a0<\/span><\/span>period,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2,093\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>occurred\u00a0<\/span><\/span>along\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>perilous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>central\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mediterranean\u00a0<\/span><\/span>route,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>author\u00a0<\/span><\/span>continued.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>While\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arrivals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Spain\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>stayed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>steady,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>primarily\u00a0<\/span><\/span>through\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Atlantic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>route\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Canary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Islands\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>compared\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>numbers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recorded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>same\u00a0<\/span>time\u00a0<\/span><\/span>last\u00a0<\/span>year,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Yet,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>despite\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>clear\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dangers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>increase\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arrivals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Greece\u00a0<\/span><\/span>along\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>route\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>300%.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Al\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jazeera,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>IOM\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>observed\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>considerable\u00a0<\/span><\/span>increase\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>entries\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Italy,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span><\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>130,000\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>arriving\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>2023\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>opposed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>70,000\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>2022.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sep 29 : Over 2,500 people died or have gone missing while trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe so far this year, reportes.However,\u00a0over\u00a0the\u00a0same\u00a0time\u00a0period,\u00a0about\u00a0186,000\u00a0people\u00a0arrived\u00a0in\u00a0European\u00a0nations. According\u00a0to reports,\u00a0the\u00a0UN\u00a0Security\u00a0Council\u00a0heard\u00a0from\u00a0Ruven\u00a0Menikdiwela,\u00a0director\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0UN\u00a0High\u00a0Commissioner\u00a0for\u00a0Refugees\u00a0(UNHCR)\u00a0office\u00a0in\u00a0New\u00a0York,\u00a0that\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0186,000\u00a0migrants\u00a0who\u00a0crossed\u00a0the\u00a0Mediterranean,\u00a083%\u2014or\u00a0around\u00a0130,000\u00a0people\u2014landed\u00a0in\u00a0Italy. She\u00a0added\u00a0that\u00a0some\u00a0migrants\u00a0also\u00a0arrived\u00a0in\u00a0other\u00a0nations,\u00a0including\u00a0as\u00a0Greece,\u00a0Spain,\u00a0Cyprus,\u00a0and\u00a0Malta. The\u00a0Security\u00a0Council\u00a0was\u00a0informed\u00a0that\u00a0more\u00a0persons\u00a0this\u00a0year\u00a0than\u00a0last\u00a0year\u00a0have\u00a0perished\u00a0or\u00a0gone\u00a0missing\u00a0while\u00a0travelling\u00a0by\u00a0water,\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0Al\u00a0Jazeera. The\u00a0Security\u00a0Council\u00a0was\u00a0informed\u00a0that\u00a0more\u00a0people\u00a0had\u00a0perished\u00a0or\u00a0gone\u00a0missing\u00a0this\u00a0year\u00a0compared\u00a0to\u00a0previous\u00a0year\u00a0during\u00a0the\u00a0perilous\u00a0maritime\u00a0passage. 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