Posted in: 29/04/2022 – 12:14
More than 3,000 migrants have died at sea while trying to reach Europe, either across the Mediterranean or the Atlantic, the United Nations reported Friday. For reference, the organization states that “the number of announced deaths reached 1,544 on the two roads in 2020”.
Found more than 3000 Immigrant They died or went missing while trying to cross the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean to reach Europe last year, according to a toll that is double that recorded a year ago, announced by the United Nations on Friday.
In this regard, spokeswoman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Shabia Mantou told reporters in Geneva, “Out of the total recorded in 2021, 1,924 people were announced dead or missing on the roads of the central and western Mediterranean, while an additional 1,153 people died or lost their tracks on the sea route. in northwestern Africa leading to the Canary Islands. “The number of reported deaths reached 1,544 on the two roads in 2020,” she added.
FRANCE 24/AFP