A dire warning has been issued as survivors of Sunday’s shipwreck
arrived in Sicily, after a disaster that left up to 900 people dead.
It is feared that if Mediterranean migrant deaths continue at the same rate, more than 30,000 people could drown before the year is through.
The warning comes from the International Organisation for Migration.
From the United Nations Refugee Agency too, the statistics are grim.
“April 2015 has truly been the cruellest month, the highest numbers that we have seen for deaths in any month on the Mediterranean,” UNHCR Spokesman Adrian Edwards told a news briefing in Geneva.
“We have had so far this year 1,776 reported dead on the Mediterranean.”
Europe is soul-searching after this worst such tragedy in living memory.
Read more: Fears that 30,000 migrants could die crossing Mediterranean in 2015 | euronews, world news
It is feared that if Mediterranean migrant deaths continue at the same rate, more than 30,000 people could drown before the year is through.
The warning comes from the International Organisation for Migration.
From the United Nations Refugee Agency too, the statistics are grim.
“April 2015 has truly been the cruellest month, the highest numbers that we have seen for deaths in any month on the Mediterranean,” UNHCR Spokesman Adrian Edwards told a news briefing in Geneva.
“We have had so far this year 1,776 reported dead on the Mediterranean.”
Europe is soul-searching after this worst such tragedy in living memory.
Read more: Fears that 30,000 migrants could die crossing Mediterranean in 2015 | euronews, world news
