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UNITED NATIONS, May 11, 2015 (IPS/GIN) –
Speaking at the U.N. Security Council, Federica
Mogherini, High Representative of the European
Union for Foreign Affairs, called on the international
[5] community to take urgent steps to end the
Mediterranean crisis and dismantle the human
smuggling rings that facilitate it.
“The EU is united and we will work, but we cannot
work alone. We need to share and act together, as it’s
[10] a EU responsibility and a global responsibility, “said
Mogherini.
In 2014, 3,300 migrants died while fleeing their
countries of origin to enter Europe. Three people out
of four perished in the Mediterranean Sea, and 2015
[15] looks set to be even worse, added Mogherini.
According to the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
about 60,000 men, women and children have crossed
the Mediterranean this year, and 1,800 of them have
tragically died during the journey.
[20] “Saving lives and preventing the loss of lives at
sea is a top responsibility that we all share, not only as
Europeans but globally,” Mogherini said at the Council
briefing, adding that an exceptional situation requires
an immediate strategy to solve the crisis.
[25] The Mediterranean problem is a structural problem
rooted in poverty, increasing inequality, conflicts and
human rights violations in African and Middle Eastern
countries and beyond, including the situation in Syria,
Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa, said the European
[30] High Representative.
Also speaking at the Council was Antonio Tete,
Permanent Representative Observer of the African
Union to the U.N., who underlined that smuggling of
migrants has emerged due to several factors that lead
[35] people in many African countries to escape from abject
poverty, climate change, water scarcity, insufficient
progress in employment and rising inequality.
“This humanitarian emergency is also a security
crisis, since smuggling networks are linked to finance
[40] and terrorist activities, which contributes to instability
in a region that is already unstable enough,” Mogherini
said.
If the international community fails to frame its
response to the crisis, it will be a “moral failure,” said
[45] Peter Sutherland, the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General for International Migration.
Ieri, Valentina. Global Information Network [New York] 11 May 2015.
In the text, the words “fleeing” (line 12), “According” (line 16), “briefing” (line 23), “smuggling” (line 33) are used as
