国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Journey has become more desperate for migrants across Mediterranean
<p><span word="UNITED">UNITED</span> <span word="NATIONS">NATIONS</span>, <span word="Jan">Jan</span>. 31-- <span word="Compared">Compared</span> <span word="with">with</span> 2017 <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="migrant">migrant</span> <span word="crisis">crisis</span> <span word="started">started</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="journey">journey</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="desperate">desperate</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="migrants">migrants</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cross">cross</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</span> <span word="Sea">Sea</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="settle">settle</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="polices">polices</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="origin">origin</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="destination">destination</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="Nations">Nations</span> <span word="High">High</span> <span word="Commissioner">Commissioner</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Refugees">Refugees</span> (<span word="UNHCR">UNHCR</span>) <span word="report">report</span> <span word="entitled">entitled</span> "<span word="Desperate">Desperate</span> <span word="Journeys">Journeys</span>" <span word="was">was</span> <span word="released">released</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span>, <span word="trends">trends</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="root">root</span> <span word="causes">causes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="migrants">migrants</span>' <span word="trips">trips</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2018.</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="registered">registered</span> 139,300 <span word="refugees">refugees</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="migrant">migrant</span> <span word="arrivals">arrivals</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="shores">shores</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2018, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lowest">lowest</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="years">years</span>.</p><p><span word="Joung">Joung</span>-<span word="ah">ah</span> <span word="Ghedini">Ghedini</span>-<span word="Williams">Williams</span>, <span word="UNHCR">UNHCR</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span>-<span word="based">based</span> <span word="communication">communication</span> <span word="officer">officer</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="indication">indication</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="harder">harder</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="flee">flee</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="safe">safe</span> <span word="access">access</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="asylum">asylum</span>, <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="fewer">fewer</span> <span word="problems">problems</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="flee">flee</span> <span word="from">from</span>.</p><p><span word="RISING">RISING</span> <span word="DEATH">DEATH</span> <span word="TOLL">TOLL</span></p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sharp">sharp</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="deaths">deaths</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="sea">sea</span>. <span word="An">An</span> <span word="estimated">estimated</span> 2,275 <span word="people">people</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="day">day</span>, <span word="died">died</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="missing">missing</span> <span word="crossing">crossing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2018, <span word="making">making</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="deadliest">deadliest</span> <span word="sea">sea</span> <span word="crossing">crossing</span>.</p><p><span word="Shifts">Shifts</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="states">states</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="stranded">stranded</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="sea">sea</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="end">end</span>, <span word="waiting">waiting</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="permission">permission</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="dock">dock</span>. <span word="Moreover">Moreover</span>, <span word="NGO">NGO</span> <span word="boats">boats</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="crews">crews</span> <span word="faced">faced</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="restrictions">restrictions</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="search">search</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="rescue">rescue</span> <span word="operations">operations</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="routes">routes</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Libya">Libya</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span>, <span word="one">one</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="sea">sea</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="every">every</span> 14 <span word="who">who</span> <span word="arrived">arrived</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="marks">marks</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sharp">sharp</span> <span word="rise">rise</span> <span word="from">from</span> 2017.</p>
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