15 minutes agoOver 30,000 people lost their lives on immigrant streets in 2021
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(4 years ago)More than 3,000 refugees and migrants died last year on sea routes to Europe. A total of 1,924 dead or missing have been reported on roads from North Africa along the Mediterranean, as well as 1,153 between the West African coasts and the Spanish Canary Islands, said the United Nations High Commissioner [...]
A total of 1,924 dead or missing have been reported on roads from North Africa along the Mediterranean, as well as 1,153 between the West African coasts and the Spanish Canary Islands, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said.
The number of dead and missing is twice as much as last year, a UNHCR spokeswoman in Geneva said on Friday.
Until now, this year, 478 people have died on immigrant streets. A large number of people have already died leaving their countries on the Mediterranean coast and Atlantic”, the spokeswoman said.
There, she added, they are exposed to the dangers of exploitation, abuse, slavery, and other serious human rights violations.
“U n The NHCR warns that continued political instability and conflicts, worsening socioeconomic conditions and impact of climate change, could increase shifting and dangerous movements”, the statement said.
The organisation wants to protect refugees and other migrants along refugee routes from exploitation and trafficking of human beings. It is demanding $160.5m in donations from governments for programmes in 25 countries.
