The number of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees who have died while attempting to reach Europe by sea has more than doubled so far this year, according to UN report.
Flavio Gasperini/SOS Mediterrane / ReutersLONDON — The number of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees who have died while attempting to reach Europe by sea has more than doubled so far this year, according to a new report from the United Nations’ migration agency.
The IOM has warned that the death toll for all three years is likely much higher, with many shipwrecks going unreported or proving difficult to verify. At least 250 people died while traveling across the Atlantic Ocean between West Africa and Spain’s Canary Islands and at least 249 lost their lives on the Western Mediterranean route to Spain.Many of those deaths, Msehli said, could have been avoided with stronger action from European nations.
Speaking from on-board the Geo Barents — a Médecins Sans Frontières-run search and rescue vessel that was recently seized by Italian authorities following an inspection — Staderini said Italy, in particular, has seen the number of rescue ships detained over recent years had increased, bringing life-saving operations to a halt at times for months, if not longer.
Staderini said that MSF is working to address the issues raised by the Coast Guard, but warned that the delay could come at the cost of lives at sea.
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