More than 400 people have died crossing the Central Mediterranean between January and March this year. More than 400 migrants and refugees have drowned in the Central Mediterranean during the first three months of the year, making it the deadliest quarter since 2017 on the world’s most dangerous migrant crossing, according to the United Nations. In a report released on Wednesday, the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that between January and March 2023, 441 migrants and refugees drowned in the Central Mediterranean. Since 2014, more than 20,700 people have drowned or disappeared in the Central Mediterranean while making the crossing. “In life, when you see you’ve lost everything, you’re not afraid of anything anymore,” a migrant from the Central African Republic told Al Jazeera.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 13, 2023 07:09 UTC