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Almost 1,000 refugees and migrants have perished while being smuggled across the Mediterranean this year.

UNHCR and ⁦@UNmigration⁩ issue a joint appeal to European Union countries for action to reduce needless loss of life at sea. unhcr.org/news/press/201…
"Upholding the right to asylum in EU Member States is absolutely crucial"

- UN @RefugeesChief Filippo Grandi. unhcr.org/news/press/201…
"Denying rescue, or shifting responsibility for asylum elsewhere is completely unacceptable.

"We need countries to come together and chart a new way forward."

- UN @RefugeesChief unhcr.org/news/press/201…
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