Published September 29,2023
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About 186,000 folks have already arrived in Europe through the Mediterranean this yr, the United Nations refugee company (UNHCR) stated on Thursday.
About 130,000 have been registered in Italy, an 83% enhance in comparison with the identical interval final yr, Ruven Menikdiwela, director of the UNHCR workplace in New York, informed the UN Security Council.
She stated greater than 2,500 folks have been lacking or had died for the reason that begin of the yr to September 24.
The International Organization for Migration had lately acknowledged there have been greater than 2,700 useless or lacking.
Menikdiwela stated greater than 102,000 folks tried to cross the Mediterranean from Tunisia, a 260% enhance from final yr. Over 45,000 had tried to cross from Libya. In addition to Italy, the boats additionally travelled to Greece, Spain, Cyprus and Malta.
The sharp enhance in migration numbers had lately prompted tensions throughout the EU over measures to restrict them.
Source: www.anews.com.tr