MEDITERAN Ove godine poginulo više od tisuću migranata

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epa05790628 A handout photo made available by the World Press Photo (WPP) organization on 13 February 2017 shows a picture by British photographer Mathieu Willcocks that won the Spot News - Third Prize, Stories award of the 60th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 13 February 2017.

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© Mathieu Willcocks
Title: Mediterranean Migration

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Libyan fishermen throw a life jacket at a rubber boat full of migrants. Migrants are very often not given any life jackets or means of communication by their smugglers. More often than not they only have some water, food and not enough fuel to make it to Italy.

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The central Mediterranean migration route, between the coasts of Libya and Italy, remains busy. According to reports by the UNHCR, 5,000 people died while attempting to cross the Mediterranean in 2016. NGOs and charities such as Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) continue their efforts to patrol the patch of sea north of the Libyan coast, in the hope of rescuing refugees before the potential of drowning. The rescue team on board the MOAS' Responder are there to mitigate loss of life at sea. Operating like a sea-born ambulance, they rush to assist and rescue refugee vessels in distress, provide medical assistance, and bring the refugees safely to Italy.  EPA/Mathieu Willcocks/WORLD PRESS PHOTO HANDOUT ATTENTION EDITORS : EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES / NO ARCHIVE / NO CROPPING / NO MANIPULATING / USE ONLY FOR SINGLE PUBLICATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORLD PRESS PHOTO AND ITS ACTIVITIES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES/NO ARCHIVES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES/NO ARCHIVES

Broj migranata koji su od siječnja izgubili život na Sredozemnome moru nastojeći doći do Italije, premašio je tisuću, izvijestio je UNHCR.

Oko 8.500 migranata spašeno je tijekom uskrsnog vikenda. Stotinjak ih je izgubilo život, rekli su očevici, a prenijelo je UN-ovo Visoko povjereništvo za izbjeglice (UNHCR).

“Nakon ove zadnje nesreće, broj mrtvih i nestalih na srednjem Mediteranu popeo se na 1073 od početka godine”, rekao je za AFP glasnogovornik UNHCR-a Federico Fossi.

Lani su u istom razdoblju 853 osobe poginule i nestale u pokušaju da preplove Mediteran u nesigurnim, često prekrcanim čamcima, a u 2016. poginulo je i nestalo više od 5000 ljudi, navodi se u najnovijem izvješću Međunarodne organizacije za migracije (IOM).

Lijepo vrijeme išlo je na ruku migrantima koji su se tijekom uskrsnog vikenda odlučili uputiti u Europu preko Mediterana i u 73 operacije spašeno je oko 8.500 ljudi.

Na talijansku obalu od početka godine iskrcalo se oko 36.700 ljudi kojima je pružena pomoć na moru, objavio je IOM.

Kako navodi UNICEF, oko 150 djece ja poginulo i nestalo na tom putu, a njihov pravi broj je vjerojatno veći, budući da mnogi maloljetnici putuju sami i njihovu smrt nitko ne prijavljuje.

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