Deaths on Mediterranean Rise as entrance to Europe tightened

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The U.N. refugee agency says would-be migrants continue to die trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. The agency says anti-migrant attitudes are complicating efforts to save sinking boats.

The U.N. refugee agency says asylum seekers and migrants continue to die in the Mediterranean, despite a sharp decline in the numbers reaching European shores.

In the first six months of this year, the UNHCR says 45,700 asylum seekers and migrants arrived in Europe, while more than 1,000 have either died or disappeared at sea.

The agency says the high loss of life shows the urgent need to strengthen search and rescue capacities in the region.

But, UNHCR spokesman Charlie Yaxley says non-government organizations that can play a crucial role in sea rescues are being discouraged from helping out.