That the Red Cross Saturday.
According to the charity in the coming months, approximately three million needed to provide the necessary immediate assistance such as clothes and medicine.
Merlin Stoffels was for the Red Cross in the Italian Sicily where many boat people arrive. “In recent days there are about six thousand refugees arrived,” says Stoffels.
“The first thing we do when a boat arrives with refugees, is offering people water and food. Often they have nothing to eat or drink for a while. Then she will be in buses to a temporary shelter brought. “
Grown
The flow of refugees has grown sharply in recent months compared with previous years, the many crises in Africa and the Middle East. This creates a bottleneck according Stoffels. “We see everything that the limits are reached.”
“We conduct medical check-ups, but our stuff get in. The people who come here have already been traumatized, and if they are denied help , causes for trauma trauma. You have to understand that those people fleeing to Europe and see the only option. “
Refugees
The Red Cross is active in all European countries where refugees arrive. In addition to the countries in the Mediterranean region is also offered assistance in Romania and Bulgaria, including in refugee camps.
Every year thousands of migrants car the dangerous crossing of the Mediterranean. This happens especially in spring and summer, when the weather is good, and often in rickety boats. Many do not make it and drown.
According to the refugee agency of the United Nations, UNHCR, in 2015, certainly 1,800 migrants died in their attempt to reach across the Mediterranean Europe.
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