Nearly 3,800 people died on migration routes within and from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in 2022, the highest number since 2017 when 4,255 deaths were recorded, according to IOM.
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Nearly 3,800 people died on migration routes within and from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in 2022, the highest number since 2017 when 4,255 deaths were recorded, according to IOM.
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The increasing loss of life on the most dangerous maritime crossing comes amid reports of delays in state-led rescue responses and hindrance to the operations of NGO rescue ships in the Mediterranean.
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More than 3,000 people died or went missing while attempting to cross the Central and Western Mediterranean and Atlantic last year to Europe, against 1,544 in 2020. This year, the number is 478.
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The commitments made will enable COVAX to provide urgent delivery support for lower-income countries and ensure dose donations can be shipped and administered.
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Since 14 February, the Ocean Viking has been waiting with 247 rescued people on board to be assigned a place of safety without receiving instructions on where to disembark those rescued at sea.
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After two requests for a place of safety to the Maltese authorities were ignored and then denied, MSF calls on the Italian authorities for a safe port for disembarkation.
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Greece is already hosting 115,000 refugees and migrants. The reception system is stretched beyond its limits and many people are living in precarious conditions in overcrowded camps in the Greek islands.
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At least 1,700 migrants have been intercepted or rescued and returned to Libya by the coast guard since the beginning of the new year. More than 3,000 others arrived in Italy and Malta.
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Twenty-one people lost their lives in a shipwreck on 23 November, bringing the total number of deaths recorded in 2019 to 1,136, including 740 in the central Mediterranean, the deadliest crossing.
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From January to September 2019, some 80,800 people arrived in Europe via Mediterranean routes. More than a quarter of the arrivals were children, many travelling without their parents.
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UNHCR’s appeal is for a comprehensive programme that addresses deaths and abuses on Central and Western Mediterranean routes.
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IOM has recorded more than 15,000 fatalities on the Central Mediterranean route since 2014, yet remains of fewer than 5,000 of those lost in the sea crossing have been registered as recovered.
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Attempts at forging a predictable system for disembarking people rescued on the Mediterranean have been very slow and migrants face long delays before landing.
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The Mediterranean region, Middle East, North Africa and Americas rank among the deadliest migration corridors, each zone tallying confirmed fatalities of at least 100 in 2018, some into thousands.
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UNHCR calls on states to offer more safe and legal pathways, such as resettlement, and appeals to resettlement countries to accelerate their procedures.
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Since Saturday, the governments of France, Germany, Italy, Malta, Spain and Portugal have agreed to share processing of 450 people, including any asylum claims that might be lodged.
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According to the IOM, incidents off Spain, Morocco and Tunisia could add another 300 or more fatalities to the 2016 total. The year is the deadliest for migrants ever recorded by IOM in the region.
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With an increasing number of migrant children reported missing in Europe, questions arise about the availability, coverage and reliability of data on children migrating to and through the EU.
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The number of fatalities in the Aegean has also risen in December. The total number of recorded migrant deaths in the Mediterranean this year now stands at 3,671.
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With the latest tragic drownings in the Aegean on Wednesday and Thursday—along with four deaths today off Spain—IOM now estimates the number of deaths on Mediterranean sea routes to Europe have surpassed 3,329 this year.