UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said it was “deeply saddened” by the large number of migrant deaths in the Aegean Sea, when at least 31 people died in three separate shipwrecks between December 21-24, with accurate numbers still absent. “It is appalling that out of desperation and lack of safe routes, refugees and migrants feel […]
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Paros: new shipwreck with 80 migrants – rescue operation continues
In the offshore area northwest of the Greek island of Paros, a new large-scale search and rescue operation is underway to find migrants in disaster. According to the first information, the sailboat that carried them capsized, and about 80 passengers were in the water. The search, coordinated by the Joint Search and Rescue Coordination Center […]
A Taste of Heaven for Drowned Migrants
In the south of Tunisia, a cemetery has officially opened, which is already half full. Here are the rest of the migrants who went in search of a better life, but they were not destined to achieve their goal. The cemetery is intended for drowned migrants, whose bodies are sometimes mercifully and generously thrown ashore […]