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Over 3,000 people drowned trying to reach Europe in 2021: UN
More than 3,000 people died at sea while attempting to reach Europe in 2021, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said in a report on Friday. The number of deaths, 3,077, has doubled compared to 2020. The majority perished in the Mediterranean, but over 1,000 people drowned in the Atlantic on their way to the Canary Islands, a Spanish territory off the coast of Morocco. “Most of the sea crossings took place in packed, unseaworthy, inflatable boats – many of which capsized or were deflated leading to the loss of life,” UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo noted at a press conference in Geneva. Mounting fatalities on migratory sea routes are caused by the dangers of sea crossings, b

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