UNHCR Više od 200 migranata utopilo se kod Libije u zadnjih nekoliko dana

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Title: Mediterranean Migration

Photo caption:
Libyan fishermen throw a life jacket at a rubber boat full of migrants. Migrants are very often not given any life jackets or means of communication by their smugglers. More often than not they only have some water, food and not enough fuel to make it to Italy.

Story: 
The central Mediterranean migration route, between the coasts of Libya and Italy, remains busy. According to reports by the UNHCR, 5,000 people died while attempting to cross the Mediterranean in 2016. NGOs and charities such as Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) continue their efforts to patrol the patch of sea north of the Libyan coast, in the hope of rescuing refugees before the potential of drowning. The rescue team on board the MOAS' Responder are there to mitigate loss of life at sea. Operating like a sea-born ambulance, they rush to assist and rescue refugee vessels in distress, provide medical assistance, and bring the refugees safely to Italy.  EPA/Mathieu Willcocks/WORLD PRESS PHOTO HANDOUT ATTENTION EDITORS : EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES / NO ARCHIVE / NO CROPPING / NO MANIPULATING / USE ONLY FOR SINGLE PUBLICATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORLD PRESS PHOTO AND ITS ACTIVITIES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES/NO ARCHIVES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES/NO ARCHIVES

Preživjele osobe izvijestile su da se oko 220 osoba utopilo u vodama Libije zadnjih nekoliko dana u pokušaju da prijeđu Sredozemno more i domognu se Europe, objavilo je u četvrtak Visoko povjereništvo UN-a za izbjeglice (UNHCR).

U izjavi je objavljeno da je samo pet osoba preživjelo potonuće broda u utorak koji je prevozio 100 ljudi, a istoga dana potonuo  je i gumeni čamac sa 130 putnika od kojih se utopilo njih 70.

U srijedu su izbjeglice i migranti koji su spašeni s drugog broda objavili da se utopilo više od 50 ljudi koji su s njima putovali.

“UNHCR je zapanjen što sve veći broj migranata i izbjeglica pogiba na moru i poziva na hitnu međunarodnu akciju kako bi se pojačali napori spašavanja svih sudionika, uključivo trgovačkih i brodova nevladinih udruga na cijelom Mediteranu”, navodi se.

 

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