While there is a landing alert for Lampedusa with over 4,000 migrants arriving in Sicily in two days, and Interior Minister Piantedosi sticks to the government’s line on the need to block arrivals, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ map reverses that Image taken on the sea route between Mediterranean countries since early 2023. Among the elements that catch the eye is the situation of Maltafirst landing in the Mediterranean, which however seems to have been welcome for three months a single migrant. A negligible number compared to the number reported for Italy: in 90 days 20,535 people landed on the shores of the peninsula. The highest value ever, even compared to Spain with 3,852 Migrants who have arrived since January 2023, e.g Greece with 3.216 people (in both cases a lower number than in two days on Lampedusa). According to the updated map ofunchr since the beginning of the year they have been 28.153 Total migrants arrived: 27,582 they seem to have arrived by sea in Italy, Greece, Spain, Cyprus and Malta; 571 by land in Greece and Spain. Since January 2023, the report also includes an estimate of 375 dead and missing. In 2022, the total number of arrivals was 159,410, with 1,953 migrants dead or missing. An increase from 2021 with 123,318 landings and 3,231 deaths.
The nationalities of arrival
In the report updated to February 28, 2023, the Tunisia is the country from which most migrants come, for the 21.7% the population. There are the following Egypt, 19.1%And Bangladesh, 15.2%. Also in the ranking Syria, Afghanistan and Ivory Coast. Finally Guinea (6.1%), Pakistan (4.2%) and Iran (4.1%).
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