More than 2,500 migrants dead or missing in Mediterranean in 2023: UN
Thursday, 28 September 2023 Over 2,500 migrants have died or gone missing while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe in 2023, according to a UN official. The number of deaths and disappearances has significantly increased compared to the same period in 2022. The land journey from sub-Saharan African countries to departure points in Tunisia and Libya remains extremely dangerous.
UNICEF's Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia and Special Coordinator for Refugee and Migrant Response in Europe, Regina De Dominicis says that the number of children and adults dying on the central Mediterranean sea migration route has tripled this summer.
Thursday, 28 September 2023
