【難民問題】2015〜16年に85万人が地中海経由で欧州に向かう見通し

[ジュネーブ 8日 ロイター] - 国連難民高等弁務官事務所(UNHCR)は8日、2015年と16年に地中海経由で欧州に向かう人々は少なくとも85万人との推計を発表した。ただ、現時点ですでに実際はこの数字を上回るとみられている。 内訳は2015年が約40万人、16年が45万人以上。 UNHCRの報道官は、今年はすでに36万6000人が地中海経由で欧州に到着し、予想の数字に近づいているが、
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[ジュネーブ 8日 ロイター] - 国連難民高等弁務官事務所(UNHCR)は8日、2015年と16年に地中海経由で欧州に向かう人々は少なくとも85万人との推計を発表した。ただ、現時点ですでに実際はこの数字を上回るとみられている。

内訳は2015年が約40万人、16年が45万人以上。

UNHCRの報道官は、今年はすでに36万6000人が地中海経由で欧州に到着し、予想の数字に近づいているが、これから気温が下がり、海が荒れる時期に移動が控えらえるかどうかで総数が決まると説明した。ただ、ドイツがシリア難民の受け入れ要件緩和を発表したことで難民の移動に拍車が掛かり、現時点で流入の勢いは衰えていないという。

UNHCRのグテーレス高等弁務官は、ビザの発給数の増加や難民家族の再会支援など、難民が合法的に欧州に到着するための手段を増やすべきとの見解を示した。

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Migrants crowd an inflatable dinghy as a rescue vessel of the Italian Coast Guard approaches them off the Libyan coast, April 22, 2015. (credit:Alessandro Di Meo/ANSA via AP Photo)
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Migrants crowd an inflatable dinghy as a rescue vessel of the Italian Coast Guard approaches them, off the Libyan coast, April 22, 2015. (credit:Alessandro Di Meo/ANSA via AP Photo)
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Rescued migrants disembark off the Italian Guardia Costiera vessel Fiorillo at the Sicilian harbour of Catania on April 24, 2015. (credit:ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Migrants wait to disembark from the Italian Coast Guard ship Fiorillo, at the Catania harbor, Sicily, April 24, 2015. (credit:AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Migrants wait to disembark from the Italian Coast Guard ship Fiorillo, at the Catania harbor, Sicily, April 24, 2015. (credit:AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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People lay candles at a vigil in Sliema, on the outskirts of Valletta, Malta, April 22, 2015. (credit:AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Migrants crowd an inflatable dinghy as a rescue vessel of the Italian Coast Guard approaches them off the Libyan coast, April 22, 2015. (credit:Alessandro Di Meo/ANSA via AP Photo)
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Fishermen look at the wreckage of a boat which was carrying dozens of immigrants in the eastern Aegean island of Rhodes, Greece. (credit:AP Photo//Nikolas Nanev)
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People pause by the sea during a candle-lit vigil in Sliema, on the outskirts of Valletta, Malta, April 22, 2015. (credit:AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Migrants from Nigeria relax by the sea after taking a swim on April 22, 2015 in Lampedusa, Italy. (credit:Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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A boy who was on board a boat carrying migrants which ran aground off the island of Rhodes, hugs a relative outside a Greek Coast Guard office at the southeastern island of Rhodes, April 22, 2015. (credit: AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
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An asylum seekers holds a paper boat, with words written in Italian that read, \'Too many deaths, it is not good\' during a demonstration in front of the Italian parliament in Rome, on April 23, 2015. (credit:GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Maltese soldiers carry a coffin of a baby during the funeral of 24 migrants who died after a fishing boat carrying migrants capsized off the Libyan coast, on the helipad at Mater Dei Hospital in Malta, on April 23, 2015. (credit:Matthew Mirabelli/AFP/Getty Images)
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Migrants wait to disembark from the Italian Navy vessel \'Chimera\' in the harbor of Salerno, Italy, April 22, 2015. (credit:AP Photo/Francesco Pecoraro)