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Migrants drowned in Mediterranean 'could have been saved' The drowning of more than 300 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea this week could have been prevented with better EU lifesaving provisions, experts say. The UN's refugee agency, UNHCR, says more migrants are dying because search and rescue efforts have been reduced. Italy's major patrol and rescue operation ended last year. A smaller scale EU operation, Triton, took over. The UNHCR says about 3,500 migrants died trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in 2014. In the latest disaster, more than 300 people drowned after the four dinghies they were travelling in got into trouble setting off across the sea from Libya - a favoured but perilous route used by migrants trying to get to Europe. "We warned everybody in October that by lowering the tension and the operational capacity of the search and rescue operation, this might happen," Carlotta Sami, the UNHCR's representative for southern Europe, told the BBC. She said tragedies such as this would happen again if the EU did not take urgent action to scale up its search and rescue operation. "The EU has done too little too late," she said. "The influx of refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean will not stop." Coffins Bodies of the migrants were brought to the Italian island of Lampedusa on Wednesday where they were lined up along a harbour, while an old airport was used as a temporary morgue. Some of the victims died as they tried to cross the Mediterranean in freezing, rough conditions, but others - in a poor condition - died during the rescue operation by the Italian coast guard. Coffins were transported away for burial. In November, Italy ended its operation known as Mare Nostrum, which was launched in October 2013 in response to a tragedy off Lampedusa, in which 366 people died. The EU now runs a border control operation, called Triton, which only operates close to Europe's coast and has fewer ships. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says more people could have been saved in the latest disaster. "We think it could certainly have been prevented had there been a better life-saving flotilla or task force in place," said Leonard Doyle, IOM spokesman. The decision to end Mare Nostrum sparked warnings that it would lead to more deaths. But other European countries, including the UK, said a rescue service could encourage more migrants. "The Mediterranean rescue flotilla, which was known as Mare Nostrum, isn't there anymore because a political decision has been taken that this was attracting people to attempt to cross the Mediterranean," said Mr Doyle. "If anybody believes that taking away the lifeguards... taking away the security and the rescue mission... [is] going to deter people, that's just frankly incorrect." Even deadlier Meanwhile the European Border Agency Frontex, which carries out operation Triton, says it is doing all it can to save as many people as possible "Our mandate as an agency is border control," said Frontex spokesperson Ewa Moncure. She said Operation Triton suspended its border control activities when necessary to conduct search and rescue operations. But she stressed that Triton was not designed to replace the work of Mare Nostrum. The UNHCR says almost 3,500 people died attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe in 2014, making it the world's most dangerous sea crossing for migrants. More than 200,000 people were rescued in the Mediterranean during the same period, many under the Mare Nostrum mission. The IOM warned that 2015 could be even deadlier, pointing out that the latest incident comes on top of 115 deaths reported in the Mediterranean since the beginning of the year. That compares to just 27 deaths during the same period last year, according to the IOM. Nils Muiznieks, the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, said Europe as a whole needed to take responsibility. "The Mediterranean is a European sea and a European approach is needed," he said.
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तीन सय आप्रवासी मारिएको आशंका संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघले भनेको छ, गत पांच दिनमा उत्तर अफ्रीकाबाट आप्रवासीहरु लिएर आइरहेका डुंगाहरु भूमध्य सागरमा डुब्दा कम्तीमा तीनसय जनाको ज्यान गएको आशंका गरिएको छ। इटलीका तटरक्षकहरुले तीनवटा साना डुंगाहरुमा सवार केहीलाई मात्र उद्धार गर्न सकेका छन्, जुन गत सप्ताहअन्त्यमा लिबियाबाट छुटेका थिए। ती उद्धार गरिएका आप्रवासीहरुले चौथो डुंगा तिनीहरुको पछि पछि आएको तर अहिले त्यो बेपत्ता भएको बताएका छन्। संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघको शरणार्थी निकायका अनुसार, अझ बढ्न सक्ने मृतकहरुको संख्याले युरोपेली संघलाई के स्पष्ट सन्देश दिएको छ भने, भूमध्य सागरमा हाल जारी खोजी तथा उद्धार अभियान अपर्याप्त छ। दुख राष्ट्रसंघीय शरणार्थी निकाय यूएनएचसीआरका क्षेत्रीय निर्देशक भिन्सेन्ट कोचटेलले उक्त घटनालाई जोगाउन सकिने प्रकृतिको दु:खान्त घटना भनेका छन्। सोमबार आएको प्रारम्भीक विवरणहरुमा, तिनीहरु सवार डुंगा डुब्दा २९ जना आप्रवासीहरु मारिएका जनाइएको थियो। ती आप्रवासीहरु शनिवार चारवटा साना डुंगाहरु चढेर लिवियाबाट हिंडेका थिए। गत नोभेम्बर महिनामा इटलीले समुद्रमा अलपत्र पर्ने आप्रवासीहरुलाई उद्धार गर्ने उद्देश्यले संचालित एक बर्ष लामो अभियानलाई अन्त्य गरेको थियो। सन् २०१३ को अक्टोबर महिनामा ल्याम्पेडुसा टापुको तटपारी भएको दुर्घटनामा ३६६ जनाको ज्यान गएपछि प्रतिक्रिया स्वरुप त्यस्तो उद्धार अभियान संचालन गरिएको थियो। उद्धार इटलीमा रहेका बीबीसी सम्वाददाता म्याथ्यू प्राइस भन्छन्, त्यस्तो खोजी तथा उद्धार अभियानलाई संचालनमा नै राखिएको भए आप्रवासी महिला, पुरुष र बालबालिकाहरुलाई जोगाउन सकिन्थ्यो की सकिंदैनथ्यो भनेर जान्ने उपाय त छैन। तर इटलीको नौसेनाको एउटा जहाजमा एक हप्ता विताएका उनले भने, त्यस्तो उद्धार सेवा जारी रहेको भए ती आप्रवासीहरुलाई जोगाउन सम्भव भएसम्मको सबै प्रयास भने गरिने थियो। यूएनएचसीआरका अनुसार, सन् २०१४ मा युरोप पुग्नका लागि भूमध्य सागर पार गर्ने प्रयास गर्नेहरु मध्ये झण्डै तीनहजार पांचसय जनाको ज्यान गएको थियो।