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UN Points to Rising Migrant Deaths in Mediterranean

The number of deaths or disappearances of migrants bound for Europe via the Mediterranean has tripled this summer compared to last year, with 2,500 migrants dying or going missing from January to September- a 50% increase from the same period in the previous year.
The Mediterranean has tragically become a graveyard, particularly for children, endangering their future.
The alarming rise in migrant fatalities in the Mediterranean calls for immediate action to address the humanitarian crisis and prevent further loss of life.

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Times of India

Dead, missing migrants in Mediterranean tripled this summer: UN

The number of migrants who died or went missing trying to cross the Mediterranean this summer was three times the number seen in the same period last year. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 2,500 migrants died or went missing in the Mediterranean between January 1 and September 24, 50 percent more than in the same period last year.

2 months ago·India

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VOA News

UN Points to Rising Migrant Deaths in Mediterranean

UNICEF said Friday the number of people dying along migrant routes in the central Mediterranean Sea has tripled in recent months compared with the same period last year. UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Refugee and Migrant Coordinator Regina De Dominicis told a Geneva news conference that from June to August, at least 990 people died or went missing on the central Mediterranean route between northern Africa and Europe, compared with 334 deaths a y…

2 months ago·United States

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Punch Newspapers

Over 900 migrants trying to cross Mediterranean die, missing

The number of migrants who died or went missing trying to cross the Mediterranean this summer was three times the number seen in the same period last year, the Union Nations said Friday. Between June and August, at least 990 people died or went missing in the dangerous central Mediterranean route between northern Africa and

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The number of migrants drowning in the Mediterranean has tripled this summer

Three times as many migrants died or disappeared this summer trying to reach Europe by sea, UNICEF warned on Friday. According to the UN agency's count, between June and August, at least 990 people were shipwrecked in Medi

2 months ago·France

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El Tiempo

Number of dead and missing migrants in the Mediterranean tripled in summer

Of those 990 people, 289 were children who died between June and September of this year in their attempt to cross the central Mediterranean to reach Europe, which is three times more than the same period last year, Nicola Dell'Arciprete, the Italian response coordinator of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), explained today.

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Africa News

Dead, missing migrants in Mediterranean tripled this summer: UN

According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 2,500 migrants died or went missing in the Mediterranean between January 1 and September 24, 50 percent more than in the same period last year. The number of migrants who died or we

2 months ago·Pointe- Noire, Congo

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