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Despite the increase in deaths, the number of missing persons to date is less than half that recorded in this period in 2017
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2 July 2018, 14:04
Geneva – More than a thousand people drowned in the Mediterranean this year while they came from Libya (19659007)
to Europe, and a sudden increase in crossings to avoid an expected repression being European Union has been seen in recent days, said the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Sunday night. of 204 people died in the last days after being placed by traffickers of people on dangerous ships, 103 disappeared in a wreck on Friday and others on Sunday, Wednesday
"There is an increase alarming deaths at sea on the coast of Libya, "said Othman Belbeisi, the head of the IOM mission in Libya. . "Traffickers exploit the desperation of immigrants to leave before new repressive operations across Europe from the Mediterranean."
The flow of immigration has declined since the peak of 2015 – the number of people attempting the dangerous journey of North Africa has dropped from hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands. The other major route, from Turkey to Greece, used by more than one million people in 2015, was largely banned two years ago.
IOM spokesman Leonard Doyle said the increase in "But there is also a global recognition, I believe, that the European Union is starting to better manage the process, so maybe they're also trying to enjoy it as much as they can. "
Despite the growth of deaths over the past few days, the number of missing persons at sea this year is less than half of the number recorded in 2017. But the trip by land across the Sahara and then across the Mediterranean remains the deadliest immigration route in the world and as polarizing as ever in the European policy.
The right-wing anti-immigration parties took power in Italy last month. consolidated in the former communist countries of Central Europe and won seats in the German Parliament for the first time since the 1940s.
On Sunday, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer offered his resignation in because of the proposals for immigration from Brussels by Chancellor Angela Merkel, raising doubts about the survival of her already fragile government.
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