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WORLD NEWS Wednesday 26 OctOber 2022
Report: More than 29,000 migrants to Europe died since 2014

By RENATA BRITO and GIA- two large wooden boats
DA ZAMPANO carrying nearly 1,400 peo-
Associated Press ple combined left togeth-
ROME (AP) — More than er from eastern Libya and
29,000 migrants have reached Italy and Malta’s
died trying to reach Eu- search and rescue zones in
rope since 2014, with 5,000 distressed conditions Tues-
deaths in the last two years, day.
the International Organiza- A huge rescue operation is
tion for Migration said in a needed!” the group tweet-
report Tuesday. ed.
The U.N. agency’s Miss- Ten hours later, without any
ing Migrants Project spoke news from authorities about
of “increasing numbers their rescue, the group
of deaths seen on routes tweeted again: “People in
across the Mediterranean, danger reported that 12
on land borders to Europe people have died or are
and within the continent.” unconscious and many suf-
According to its report, the fer from dehydration.”
deadliest migration route Italy has struggled for more
continues to be the Cen- than a decade to prevent
tral Mediterranean, where migrants crossing in smug-
2,836 people have died Bodies are disembarked on the tiny Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, Oct. 21, 2022. glers’ boats from north Af-
Associated Press
since January 2021 at- rica.
tempting to reach Italy or tarian ships often waiting was likely an undercount as Many of the deaths “could In her first speech to par-
Malta, mainly from Libya days before obtaining per- it didn’t include boats that have been prevented by liament, Italian Premier
and Tunisia. mission to dock in Italian vanish at sea without wit- prompt and effective as- Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday
The latest known casualties ports. nesses. sistance to migrants in dis- pledged a crackdown
were newborn twins who Hundreds of rescued peo- Rising numbers of deaths tress,” the Missing Migrants on irregular migration, re-
died on a boat that had ple have been temporar- also were observed in other Project said. launching the idea of a
left Tunisia carrying 60 peo- ily sheltered at an over- areas that border Europe, The Italian coast guard on naval blockade on boats
ple. The Italian coast guard crowded reception center as well as in Greece, the Tuesday rescued about 400 leaving north Africa.
picked up the survivors on Lampedusa, where new Western Balkans and the people from a boat that left “We want to stop illegal
Tuesday and took them to arrivals are registered daily. English Channel, accord- from Libya, according to departures, finally smash-
the Italian island of Lampe- According to the IOM re- ing to the report. Alarm Phone, a volunteer- ing human trafficking in the
dusa. port, the second-deadliest The dead whose nationali- run hotline for migrants and Mediterranean,” Meloni
Rescue operations on that path was the Atlantic route ties are known were mainly refugees in trouble at sea. said, adding that her gov-
route by Italian military ves- from West Africa to Spain’s from Africa and the Middle Italy’s coast guard did not ernment would present a
sels and charity-operated Canary Islands, where East. immediately return phone proposal to the European
boats off Italy’s southern more than 1,500 deaths But for more than 17,000, and email messages about Union for an operation in
coasts have intensified in were recorded since 2021. the country of origin is un- the incident. agreement with authorities
recent weeks, with humani- Researchers said their tally known. Alarm Phone also said that in North Africa. q

U.S. vows full military defense of allies against North Korea

By MARI YAMAGUCHI ing,” Sherman said in talks needs to understand that
Associated Press in Tokyo with South Korean the U.S. commitment to the
TOKYO (AP) — The United First Vice Foreign Minister security of South Korea and
States will make full use of Cho Hyungdong. The two Japan is “ironclad.”
its military capabilities, “in- officials met ahead of a “And we will use the full
cluding nuclear, conven- three-way meeting with range of U.S. defense ca-
tional and missile defense,” their Japanese counterpart pabilities to defend our
to defend its allies Japan on Wednesday. allies, including nuclear,
and South Korea, U.S. Dep- It will be second in-person conventional and missile
uty Secretary of State Wen- meeting of the three of- defense capabilities,” she
dy Sherman said Tuesday ficials since conservative said.
as she warned North Korea South Korean President Cho, during his talks with
against escalating its prov- Yoon Suk Yeol took office Sherman, raised concern
ocations. in May, signaling an im- that a new North Korean
Sherman said North Korea’s provement in difficult ties nuclear weapons policy
repeated firings of ballistic between Japan and South adopted in September in-
missiles and artillery in re- Korea. A year ago, Japa- creases the possibility of U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, left, and her
cent weeks were provoca- nese and South Korean its arbitrary use of nuclear counterpart, Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Mori pose
tive military actions. North vice ministers declined to weapons. “This is creating for a photo before their meeting at the Iikura guesthouse in
Korea has described them participate in a joint news serious tension on the Ko- Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022.
as practice runs for the use conference after three- rean Peninsula,” Cho said. Associated Press
of tactical nuclear weap- way talks in Washington, Sherman met earlier Tues- strengthening of the Ja- of North Korea and their
ons. leaving Sherman to make day with Japanese Vice pan-U.S. alliance and other joint response to China’s in-
“This is deeply irresponsible, a solo media appearance. Foreign Minister Takeo Mori shared goals, including the creasingly assertive actions
dangerous, and destabiliz- Sherman said North Korea and reaffirmed the further complete denuclearization in the region.q