UNHCR calls for enhanced protection for Mediterranean refugees. How did the Mediterranean refugees come?

The persistent armed conflict in the Sahel region of Africa Mediterranean refugees come from the persistent violence in the Sahel region of Africa, which has caused people's displacement and migration.

UNHCR calls on all parties concerned to stop the ongoing violence in the Sahel region of Africa. The violent activities of armed rebel groups and criminal gangs have brought the number of internally displaced persons in the region to a record high of over 2 million. The Sahel region, including Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Niger, has some of the least developed countries in the world, and the communities hosting displaced people have reached a critical point.

According to UNHCR, multiple crises, such as armed conflict, extreme poverty, food insecurity, climate change and COVID-19 epidemic, are converging in the Sahel region, and the humanitarian needs are surging. The humanitarian response has been seriously overloaded and on the verge of danger, and UNHCR urges the international community to redouble its support for the region.

? UNHCR: More than 1000 refugees died in the Mediterranean this year. UNHCR has launched a fund-raising appeal of more than US$ 65,438 billion to strengthen the protection of refugees migrating through the Mediterranean route. Today, UNHCR issued 202 1 Strategic Action Plan and related appeal for funds, aiming at urging the international community to take more measures to save the lives of refugees who ventured across the Mediterranean.

The UNHCR today issued an appeal for donations of more than US$ 6,543.8 billion to strengthen the protection of refugees from African countries who migrated through the Mediterranean route. UNHCR stressed the urgent need to provide safe and feasible alternatives for this journey full of risks of abuse and death.

According to UNHCR, the number of conflicts and displacements in the Sahel has surged, with the most recent displacements occurring in East Africa and the Horn of Africa. The number of immigrants entering the Canary Islands from the sea is increasing. In 2020 alone, 1064 people died along the central and western Mediterranean, which made the agency deeply worried.

According to UNHCR, violent conflicts in the Sahel have forced about 2.9 million people to be displaced. The bleak prospects for peace and stability are likely to lead to further displacement. Faced with long-term displacement, poor reception conditions in neighboring countries, the persistent economic impact of the COVID-19 epidemic and the lack of feasible alternatives, many people will continue to venture on their journey to Europe. The risk of refugees being trafficked and abused, such as kidnapping for ransom, forced labor, sexual slavery and gender-based violence, is likely to continue.

UNHCR's strategy aims at strengthening communication, identification and assistance to refugees during migration, and increasing their opportunities for education and livelihood in asylum countries. The Agency also gave priority to the protection assessment of refugees in remote areas and increased cash assistance to vulnerable urban refugees. In order to reduce the risk of migrants embarking on a dangerous journey, UNHCR calls on all countries to strengthen the safe and legal channels for refugees and strengthen the use of two emergency border crossings in Rwanda and Niger to assist refugees evacuated from Libya.