IOM: One million refugees arrived in Europe in 2015

Half of those who crossed Mediterranean were fleeing Syria, according to International Organization for Migration and UN

 Over one million refugees have arrived in Europe by sea and land this year so far, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday.

According to IOM, almost 3,700 refugees died crossing the Mediterranean and 1,005,504 refugees have arrived in Europe by sea and land so far this year.

Some 971,289 people reached Europe by sea via the Mediterranean and 34,215 people reached Europe by land after crossing from Turkey into Bulgaria and Greece by land.

About 816,000 people arrived in Greece by sea and 4,000 people arrived in Greece by land.

Some 219,000 refugees and migrants arrived in Europe via the Mediterranean last year.

"Persecution, conflict and poverty have forced an unprecedented one million people to flee to Europe in 2015," the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR and IOM said in a joint statement.

"One-in-every-two of those crossing the Mediterranean this year – half a million people – were Syrians escaping the war in their country. Afghans accounted for 20 per cent and Iraqis for seven per cent," the IOM and UNHCR revealed.

The organizations said 800,000 refugees reached Europe via the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece, accounting for 80 percent of the refugees arriving irregularly in Europe by sea in 2015. 

http://aa.com.tr/en/todays-headlines/iom-one-million-refugees-arrived-in-europe-in-2015/494751

WHAT:Almost 3,700 refugees died crossing the Mediterranean and 1,005,504 refugees have arrived in Europe by sea and land so far this year.
WHEN:2015
WHERE:Europe
WHY:Escaping the war 
WHO:Syria refugees
HOW:by sea and by land 

1.Mediterranean地中海
2.Bulgaria保加利亞
3.Persecution迫害
4.poverty貧窮
5.unprecedented空前的
6.flee逃跑
7.joint聯合
8.Afghans阿富汗人
9.Iraqis伊拉克人
10.Aegean Sea愛琴海

Bangkok bombing: Explosive found in Sukhumvit district after police admit they are not CSI

Thailand's police say they found and deactivated an explosive device in Bangkok on 24 August. Police officials said they found the device after receiving reports of a bomb in the Sukhumvit district of the capital.

"I went to check and found a wide bomb. It was left in the house of a construction worker," said Kamthorn Aucharoen, commander of the police's explosive team, according to Reuters. He added that the device has been deactivated and is to be dismantled.

The investigation into the bombing on 17 August that killed 20 people in the capital earlier this month was showing little progress. Earlier, national police chief Somyot Poompanmoung admitted it was possible that the prime suspect in the attack at the revered Erawan Shrine has already left the country.

Somyot said the manhunt was hampered by faulty security cameras that failed to record the suspect's escape route and complained Thai police lacked the sort of technology seen in crime TV series CSI. "Sometimes there are 20 cameras on the street but only five work. We have to waste time putting the dots together," Somyot told a press conference.

"The footage jumps around from one camera to another, and for the missing parts police have to use their imagination. Have you seen CSI? We don't have that," he said, referring to software used in the crime series to clear blurred CCTV images, adding Thailand has asked other countries for cooperation.

No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing but authorities said the suspect is part of a wider "network" of 10 people. Fingers have been pointed at Uighur militants from north-western china, and Islamists from Indonesia, but no conclusive evidence has so far emerged.

Thai police asked Interpol for help in finding Thailand's most-wanted man, described as a "Caucasian, Arab or mixed race", aged 20 to 30 and about 170cm tall, depicted in a detailed sketch released last week.

Somyot however said police have no clue on the man's whereabouts. "You want the truth? We don't know if the suspect is still in Thailand but I have to assume he still is because we've got no information that he left," he said.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bangkok-bombing-explosive-found-sukhumvit-district-after-police-admit-they-are-not-csi-1516760

WHO: national police chief Somyot Poompanmoung
WHAT: Police officials said they found the device after receiving reports of a bomb in the Sukhumvit district of the capital.
WHERE: Bangkok
WHEN: August 24, 2015
WHY: Somyot said the manhunt was hampered by faulty security cameras that failed to record the suspect's escape route and complained Thai police lacked the sort of technology seen in crime TV series CSI.
HOW: The footage jumps around from one camera to another, and for the missing parts police have to use their imagination.

1.deactivated關閉
2.Reuters路透社
3.dismantled拆除
4. revered尊敬
5. manhunt搜捕
6.hampered阻礙
7.footage鏡頭
8.militants 武裝分子
9.Interpol國際刑警組織
10. depicted描繪

Dengue fever under control in Tainan: CDC

Taipei, Oct. 31 (CNA) The dengue fever outbreak has come under control in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan, where the disease has been concentrated since the start of May, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Saturday.

As of Friday, Tainan had reported 81 new cases for this week, but that was 21 fewer than the figure it reported on the same day last week, the CDC said.

The number of accumulated confirmed cases there now stands at 21,688, out of a total of 29,052 cases nationwide, CDC data showed.

However, the endemic continues unabated in neighboring Kaohsiung city, where 227 new cases were reported as of Friday this week, an increase of 77 cases from the same day last week, according to the agency.

The CDC added that while 129 patients had died from the mosquito-borne disease in Taiwan, 28 remain under intensive care units and 26,693 have recovered. 

http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201510310006.aspx

WHAT: dengue fever

WHERE: Tainan

WHEN: the start of May

WHY: There are more Mosquitoes then before therefore cause such a big disaster.

WHO: people in Tainan

HOW: 129 patients had died from the mosquito-borne disease in Taiwan, 28 remain under intensive care units and 26,693 have recovered.

1. dengue fever登革熱

2. accumulated累積

3. confirmed確認的

4. endemic流行病

5. unabated不減

6. intensive care units重症監護病房