AMID RISE IN MEDITERRANEAN CROSSINGS, UN URGES SOLUTIONS FOR REFUGEES SEEKING SAFETY

Maine Emergency Manageme.
NWS Caribou: - 246 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2014 - NWS Caribou: - 246 PM EDT
FRI APR 11 2014 04/11/2014 02:47 PM EDT BOF: 000 WHUS71 KCAR 111846
MWWCAR
12:06 pm
Maine Emergency Manageme.
NWS Gray: - 254 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2014 - NWS Gray: - 254 PM EDT FRI
APR 11 2014 04/11/2014 02:56 PM EDT BOF: 000 WHUS71 KGYX 111854 MWWGYX
12:05 pm
UNNews
UN OFFICIAL URGES MEASURES TO CREATE MORE JOBS, BOOST HOUSEHOLD
INCOMES - UN OFFICIAL URGES MEASURES TO CREATE MORE JOBS, BOOST
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES New York, Apr 11 2014 3:00PM
12:02 pm
From: UNNews <UNNews@un.org>
Date: 11 Apr 2014 15:00:03 -0400
Subject: AMID RISE IN MEDITERRANEAN CROSSINGS, UN URGES SOLUTIONS FOR
REFUGEES SEEKING SAFETY
To: news11@ny-mail-p-lb-028.ptc.un.org

AMID RISE IN MEDITERRANEAN CROSSINGS, UN URGES SOLUTIONS FOR REFUGEES
SEEKING SAFETYNew York, Apr 11 2014 3:00PMThe United Nations refugee
agency today stressed the need to find durable solutions for those
making the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean, as it reported
that the Italian navy had rescued some 6,000 people who had set out
from Libya in overcrowded boats over the past four days alone.

"The Mediterranean is one of the busiest seaways in the world, as well
as a dangerous frontier for many asylum-seekers trying to find safety
in Europe," Melissa Fleming, a spokesperson for the UN High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),
<"http://www.unhcr.org/5347d8fa9.html">told reporters in Geneva.

She said those rescued off the shores of Sicily and Calabria from more
than 40 boats included large numbers of women and children, among them
newborns and unaccompanied children. They had set off from Zwara in
Libya, and many were fleeing violence, conflict and persecution. Most
of them came originally from Syria, Eritrea, Somalia, Nigeria, Gambia,
Mali and Senegal.

Ms. Fleming noted that protecting refugees travelling irregularly by
sea in search of safety, often with people moving for other reasons,
is a complex challenge.

"UNHCR continues to urge States to work together to rescue people at
sea at the same time as looking for alternative legal channels to
prevent people from having to make these dangerous journeys in the
first place."

The agency also stressed the need for sufficient capacity and adequate
reception facilities to receive rescued asylum-seekers and migrants.

"Additional reception facilities and assistance in processing
arrivals, as well as identifying durable solutions for them, could be
established with support from the European Union," said Ms. Fleming.
"UNHCR is ready to work with governments and other partners to
identify longer-term solutions in response to the current situation."

Since the Italian Government set up the rescue operation Mare Nostrum
in October 2013, following tragic shipwrecks in which over 600 people
died, more than 20,000 people have been rescued at sea.

The number arriving by sea in Italy this year is now some 18,000
people, UNHCR noted. Almost 43,000 people arrived in 2013; Syrians
fleeing the violence in their country were the largest group, with
over 11,300 arrivals.Apr 11 2014 3:00PM
________________
For more details go to UN News Centre at http://www.un.org/news

Follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/UN.News.Centre) and
Twitter (http://twitter.com/UN_News_Centre)

To change your profile or unsubscribe go to: http://www.un.org/apps/news/email/


--
President of The United States
Guy Ralph Perea Sr President of The United States
Weatherdata Weatherdata http://groups.google.com/group/weatherdata1046am0426
USFMSC
http://www.cityfreq.com/ca/avalon/
QUALIFY QICP
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxpage.cgi?call=EW4078
OCCUPS
http://www.occupationalinfo.org/02/025062010.html
NAS BLYND
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nas-blynd
http://lnk.ms/8d5gl aol
http://groups.google.com/group/united-states-of-american
http://twitter.com/ptusss Federal Communication Commission
http://columbiabroadcast.spaces.live.com/ Ambassador Chevy Chase;
Kevin Corcran; Jack Nickolas; Cher; Shirley Temple
Black; Liza Minnille; Ansari; Ernest Tascoe; Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
Agent Jodie Foster; Department of Veterans Affairs Director George H.W. Bush
Title 22 USCS section 1928 (b) The e-mail
transmission may contain legally privileged information that
is intended only for the individual or entity recipient, you are hereby,
notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or reliance upon the
contents of this E-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this
E-mail transmission in error, please reply to the sender, so arrangements
can be made for proper delivery. Title 42
USCS section 192 etseq Margie Paxton Chief of Childrens Bureau
Director of The United States Department of Human Services; Defendant
Article IV General Provisions Section 2
(Supreme Law of The Land) The Constitution of The United States "Any thing
in The Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary Notwithstanding"
Contrary to Law (of an act or omission) illegal; https://twitter.com/ptusss