One of the most important migration problems in the world is increasingly alarming since the figures represent a 50% increase in deaths compared to 2022.
A report made by the High Commissioner of the UN for the Refugees (UNHCR) revealed that so far in 2023, more than 2,5000 migrants They died or remain missing after trying to cross the Sea Mediterraneanto reach Europe in search of better living conditions.
“As of September 24, More than 2,500 people were registered as dead or missing in 2023“and that figure is almost 50% higher than the 1,680 people during the same period in 2022“, declared Ruven Menikdiwela, director of UNHCR in New York, at a Security Council meeting dedicated to the migration crisis in the Mediterranean. “Lives are also lost on land, far from the public eye,” he insisted.
The Mediterranean migration crisis is one of those that generates the most concern among human rights organizations around the world. “The journey from West or East Africa and the Horn of Africa to Libya and the starting points on the coast remain one of the most dangerous in the world,” he emphasized. Menikdiwela.
In the same sense, he warned: “Refugees and migrants who travel by land from Sub-Saharan Africa “they run the risk of death and serious human rights violations at every step.”
Migration in the Mediterranean: the numbers of the humanitarian crisis
The director of UNHCR shared the figures recorded by the organization and between January 1 and September 24 there were a total of 186,000 migrants who arrived in southern Europe (Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Malta), which represents “an increase of 83% compared to the same period in 2022”.
Regarding the countries of departure, between January and August 2023, more than 102,000 migrants They tried to cross the Mediterranean from Tunisiaand 45,000 from Libya.
From them, 31,000 were rescued at sea or intercepted and landed in Tunisiaand 10,600 in Libyahe concluded.
Source: Ambito
