European Union leaders this week are set to bolster plans to pay the governments of Tunisia, Turkey and others to keep refugees and migrants - including some escaping war and political repression - - from attempting to make the perilous journey across the Mediterranean. A two-day Brussels summit on migration and other pressing matters ending today comes after the capsizing earlier this month of a fishing boat carrying hundreds of refugees and migrants, many of whom appear to have perished.
"The recent tragic shipwreck in the Mediterranean, and the many lives lost, is a stark reminder of our need to continue working relentlessly on our European migratory challenge," said European Council president Charles Michel in a press release ahead of the summit.
The European coastguard agency Frontex counted more than 50,000 attempts to breach Europe's borders in the first five months of 2023, the most since 2017 and twice the number during the same period in 2022. A rescue ship on Tuesday saved 86 people attempting to reach Europe off the coast of Libya. Most were from Gambia and Senegal.
According to the International Organisation for Migration, more than 1,700 people have died or disappeared while trying to cross the Mediterranean this year, a significant rise from the 1,400 during the same period last year. The organisation has counted at least 27,600 migrant deaths in the Mediterranean since 2014.
The increase in crossings has prompted alarm among some European officials worried that a surge in migrants could further embolden the far right. A number of countries, including Poland, Austria and Hungary are blocking any meaningful attempt to equitably share out refugees arriving in Greece, Italy, Malta or Spain.
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