"Strong leadership and vision needed to deal with the refugee situation. This is as much a crisis of European solidarity as it is a refugee crisis", HC Grandi.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is appealing to European Union member States urgently to offer relocation places to some 150 rescued persons who remain on board the Italian coast guard vessel ‘Diciotti’. The boat has been docked in Italy in the Sicilian port of Catania since 20th August – the majority of those on board are reportedly from refugee producing countries.

Mediterranean Sea crossings exceed 300,000, including 200,000 to Greece. UNHCR, 28 August 2015, http://www.unhcr.org/55e033816.html

More than 300,000 people have risked their lives to cross the Mediterranean Sea so far this year. Over 2,600 didn't survive the dangerous crossing, (UNHCR)

The management of borders needs to be consistent with national, EU and international law, including guaranteeing the right to seek asylum. (UNHCR)

Due anni fa 368 persone morirono nel tragico naufragio alle porte di Lampedusa. Fino ad oggi nel 2015 sono già quasi 3.000 le vittime del Mediterraneo. (UNHCR)

UNHCR has deployed 120 emergency staff to Greece to support the government in its effort to address the continuing crisis. (UNHCR)

A healthy Syrian boy was born on 4 Nov in Slavonski Brod hospital on the day his family arrived in the Winter Transit Center. They left on 7 Nov. (UNHCR)

UNHCR is working with the Hellenic Coast Guard to facilitate the deployment of experienced life guards and equipment to support rescue efforts at sea. (UNHCR)

UNHCR calls on authorities to manage borders in a manner consistent with human rights and refugee-protection principles. (UNHCR)