{"id":97012,"date":"2023-09-29T19:29:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T16:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=97012"},"modified":"2023-09-29T19:29:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T16:29:39","slug":"unhcr-more-than-2500-dead-missing-as-186000-cross-mediterranean-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/97012-unhcr-more-than-2500-dead-missing-as-186000-cross-mediterranean-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"UNHCR: More than 2,500 dead, missing as 186,000 cross Mediterranean in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The UN refugee agency confirmed that more than 2,500 people have died or gone missing while&nbsp;trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe&nbsp;so far this year, adding that approximately 186,000 people have arrived in European countries during the same period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruven Menikdiwela, director of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in New York,&nbsp;told the UN Security Council on Thursday&nbsp;that of the 186,000 who had crossed the Mediterranean, 83 percent \u2013 some 130,000 people \u2013 landed in Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other countries where people who had crossed the Mediterranean had landed included Greece, Spain, Cyprus and Malta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UN official told the Security Council that the number of those who died or went missing during the dangerous sea crossing has surged this year compared with last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Menikdiwela added: &#8220;By September 24, over 2,500 people were accounted as dead or missing in 2023 alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0That number marked a large increase over the 1,680 who died or went missing in the same period in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/9.1-1024x464.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/9.1-1024x464.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/9.1-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/9.1-768x348.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/9.1.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN refugee agency confirmed that more than 2,500 people have died or gone missing while&nbsp;trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe&nbsp;so far this year, adding that approximately 186,000 people have arrived in European countries during the same period. 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