Everything you want to know about migration across the Mediterranean
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Date22 Apr 2015
“Migrants leaving from north Africa for Italy do so overwhelmingly from Libya, though there are also routes to Italy from Egypt and Morocco, and from Turkey to Greece. A 2013 report for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),... Read More →
Rich Smuggling Trade Fuels Deadly Migration Across Mediterranean
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Date22 Apr 2015
“… Various armed groups in Libya are aggressively advertising their services to would-be migrants from sub-Saharan Africa and Syrians fleeing conflict in their country, presenting the collapse of order in Libya as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to secure safe passage to Europe,... Read More →
Eating toothpaste, avoiding gangs: Why migrants head to Mediterranean
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Date22 Apr 2015
“… Eritreans and Syrians made up half of the migrant traffic to Europe last year, according to Arezo Malakooti, director of migration research at Altai Consulting and author of one of the most detailed studies of migration patterns. Malakooti has... Read More →