Africa: Urgent European Action Needed to Stop Rising Refugee and Migrant Deaths At Sea - UNHCR

press release

More than 800 people have died this year alone in the Mediterranean, many of them seeking safety from conflict and civil war

More than 260 people have died or been reported missing as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea towards Europe over the past ten days.

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