The United Nations Refugee Agency warned that the international community was faced with increasing difficulties to respond to the growing number of people making dangerous sea journeys in search of asylum or migration.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that some governments were increasingly concerned with keeping foreigners out in times when a record number of people are fleeing wars.
According to the data available, 348 000 people have risked their lives in such journeys since the beginning of 2014, making it a record high.
Migration remains the main factor behind these crossings, but the number of …read more
Source: Novinite
