The Numbers are slightly lower than in the previous year, but still enormous: In the past year, more than 2,200 refugees died in the Mediterranean sea according to the UNHCR, at the Crossing to Europe. The main destination country was Spain.
over 2200 refugees, according to UN figures, last year in the Mediterranean sea died. The number of dead or missing reported people spent at 2262, according to the UN refugee Agency, UNHCR. In the year 3139 of death or missing cases were registered accordingly.
The total number of people over the sea to Europe come the people went back according to the information of 172.301 in the year 2017 on 113.482. In 2015, more than a Million people were still over the sea to Europe.
in the Meantime, the refugee routes have shifted: most of The refugees arrived in 2018, according to the UNHCR, in Spain. Previously, Italy and Greece were the main arrival countries.
migrants wait after your arrival in Malaga, in front of a tent of the Red cross. A total of approximately 113,000 refugees across the Mediterranean into Europe, arrived in 2018, according to UNHCR.
hundreds of people in the last days saved
The Spanish coast guard rescued alone on the first two days of this year, more than 320 fugitives from the Mediterranean sea. On new year’s day 111 and on Wednesday 214 more people are brought to safety, a spokeswoman said.
On Monday saved 180 refugees off the coast of Malta. 152 of them were sitting aboard a wooden boat that was in distress. In the case of a second rescue operation 28 other boat’s occupants were brought to safety.
