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UN chief "horrified by unscrupulous actions" of smugglers
19.03.2015 09:17 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
On Wed, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was in Rome, Italy to discuss migration and other issues with the Italian government, UN Radio says.
He described the actions of people smugglers in the Mediterranean Sea who subject vulnerable migrants to abuse as «horrifying».
As to him, now migrants, asylum seekers and refugees continue to take the dangerous journey on vessels, which are often set on autopilot courses towards the Italian coastline.
It is to be admitted, earlier the UN had called on the international community to take action to help migrants as increasing numbers of people die crossing the Mediterranean Sea, often in an effort to escape conflict.
«I am horrified by the unscrupulous actions of smugglers who subject vulnerable migrants, asylum seekers and refugees to abuse, and often abandon them to die at sea,» Mr. Ban said.
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