880 Migrants And Refugees Dies Last Week
Amid speculation that people smugglers may be trying to maximize their income before Ramadan begins, the
U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday, at least 880 migrants and refugees died trying to cross the
Mediterranean last week.
Ramadan is expected to begin around June 6 or 7.
2016 is proving to be particularly deadly.
UNHCR spokesman
William Spindler said 2,510 lives have been lost in shipwrecks and capsizes, compared with 1,855 in the same period in
2015.
The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said nearly 204,
000 people have made the perilous crossing to reach
Europe so far this year.
Spindler told a briefing "
It's a race against time to get there before these boats sink, and on some occasions they get there too late."
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