聯合國呼籲解決渡海難民問題
The United Nations refugee agency says the world needs to better focus on responding to the hundreds of thousands of people making "risky" Sea journeys in search of asylum or migration.
UNHCR chief Antonio Guterres is hosting a conference Wednesday and Thursday in Geneva to discuss rescues at sea, ways to encourage safer forms of migration and addressing the underlying causes of why people are fleeing their countries to begin with.
聯合國難民署高級專員古特雷斯星期三和星期四在日內瓦主持一次會議，討論海上救助問題以及如何鼓勵採取較安全的移民途徑，並設法解決導致人們逃離家園的根本原因。The agency says at least 348,000 people have tried to make sea crossings so far this year, a likely record, with 4,272 reported deaths.
聯合國難民署說，今年至少有34萬8千人試圖渡海，據報很可能有4272人死亡。
The most dangerous routes have been across the Mediterranean Sea where more than 3,400 people have died in 2014. The area has seen a surge of activity with 207,000 people trying to make the trip, which the U.N. says is more than triple the previous high from 2011.
最危險的路線是地中海，2014年有3400多人死在途中。地中海上的難民人數不斷增多，今年20萬7千人曾冒險渡海。聯合國說，這個數目被2011年增加了兩倍以上。
