New Mediterranean boat tragedy is "worst this year": UNHCR

      Source: Xinhua| 2019-07-27 03:19:00|Editor: Mu Xuequan
      Video PlayerClose

      GENEVA, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said Friday that, if confirmed, the toll of 150 lives lost in the shipwreck off Libya on Thursday will be the worst known incident since May 2017.

      There were reports of some 150 lives having been lost Thursday, said UNHCR spokesperson Charlie Yaxley at a UN media briefing here.

      He quoted UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi as saying, "The worst Mediterranean tragedy of the year has just occurred.

      "Restoring rescue at sea, an end to refugee and migrant detention in Libya, increasing safe pathways out of Libya must happen now before it is too late for many more desperate people," he said.

      Yaxley said the sea disaster underscores "the terrible urgency of our repeated pleas to European and other governments for restoring sea rescues and help with alleviating the suffering of the thousands of refugees and migrants caught in the conflict in Libya."

      UNHCR again urged countries to come forward with additional help, including further resettlement places and other safe pathways out of Libya for people who are vulnerable and at risk.

      The UN agency said such actions are as important as sea rescues for saving lives.

      "In addition, more must be done to arrest and prosecute the ruthless traffickers and smugglers who profit from people's desperation, and overturn the business model on which they rely," said UNHCR.

      At the same UN briefing Friday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported deaths recorded on the three main Mediterranean Sea routes through almost seven months of 2019 are at 686 individuals.

      That is about 45 percent of the 1,508 deaths confirmed during the same period in 2018.

      "These fatality figures, however, do not include casualties from a shipwreck reported off Libya late Thursday," said IOM spokesperson Joel Millman.

      He said nationalities named among some 50 survivors included Eritrean, Sudanese, Palestinian and Bangladeshi.

      Several children were reportedly drowned.

      "All were traveling with between 250 and 300 people who left Libya this week," said the IOM spokesperson.

      TOP STORIES
      EDITOR’S CHOICE
      MOST VIEWED
      EXPLORE XINHUANET
      010020070750000000000000011105091382614381
      主站蜘蛛池模板: 欧美综合自拍亚洲综合图片区| 欧美色图校园春色| 日本动漫丝袜腿交榨精漫画| 亚洲精品偷拍无码不卡av| 色吊丝在线永久观看最新版本| 国产精品欧美日韩| 一区二区三区免费视频观看| 日韩人妻无码精品专区| 亚洲欧美在线观看| 精品午夜久久网成年网| 国产免费人成在线视频| 1300部真实小u女视频在线| 好吊妞998视频免费观看在线| 久久久久人妻一区精品| 欧美三级在线播放| 亚洲精品视频免费| 美女的让男人桶爽网站| 国产成人精品久久综合| 97se色综合一区二区二区| 怡红院日本一道日本久久| 久久伊人精品青青草原高清| 欧美另类杂交a| 亚洲黄色片在线观看| 绿巨人在线视频免费观看完整版 | 大香伊蕉日本一区二区| 中文字幕国产一区| 日韩一卡2卡3卡4卡| 亚洲五月激情网| 毛片免费在线视频| 免费无码黄动漫在线观看 | 亚洲sss视频| 欧美破处视频在线| 伊人蕉久中文字幕无码专区| 美女视频黄.免费网址| 国产在线午夜卡精品影院| 青青青国产依人精品视频| 国精品无码一区二区三区在线蜜臀 | 久久精品这里有| 国精产品wnw2544a| www.人人干| 性高湖久久久久久久久aaaaa |