EuropeanCommissiononTuesdayunveiledanactionplanforItalytoeaseescalatingmigratorypressurefromthecentralMediterraneanroute,includinga46millioneuros(52.2millionU.S
An average of 14 people died every day on their way across the Mediterranean Sea in 2016, the highest number ever recorded, said UN Spokesperson's Office on Tuesday.
A boat carrying up to 450 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean off Egypt’s north coast on Wednesday, drowning 42 people and prompting a search operation that rescued 163 passengers, officials said.
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said that at least 880 people died the previous week trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea toward Europe, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here Tuesday.
Some 110,054 refugee and migrant maritime arrivals have been reported in Europe since the start of the year, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday.
International Organisation for Migration (IOM) figures revealed on Tuesday that 76,263 maritime refugee and migrant arrivals have been recorded in Europe through the first six weeks of 2016.
With 45,361 migrants and refugees reaching Greece by sea since the beginning of 2016, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) reported Tuesday that this represents around 31 times the 1,472 arrivals recorded for the whole of January 2015.
Russian Navy will conduct a routine ships rotation early September in the Mediterranean Sea, the country's Defense Ministry said Thursday.
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