Sudanese Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/sudanese/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 15 May 2018 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Sudanese Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/sudanese/ 32 32 Decrease in number of illegal migrants crossing to Europe from North Africa https://jjcornish.com/2018/05/decrease-in-number-of-illegal-migrants-crossing-to-europe-from-north-africa/ Tue, 15 May 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/05/decrease-in-number-of-illegal-migrants-crossing-to-europe-from-north-africa/ The UN immigration agency’s reporting a significant drop in the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe from Africa. There were 25 338 migrants that made this journey in the first 19 weeks of this year. 628 died attempting it. Italy,  with 41% of the traffic, once again took in the lion’s share of […]

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]]> The UN immigration agency’s reporting a significant drop in the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe from Africa.

There were 25 338 migrants that made this journey in the first 19 weeks of this year.

628 died attempting it.

Italy,  with 41% of the traffic, once again took in the lion’s share of African migrants.

This was followed by Greece with 38%, leaving Spain with 21%. 

This year’s number is less than half the number who landed in the same period last last and about 13% of the number of migrants in 2016.

The International Organisation For Migration says the largest number of migrants coming to Europe from North Africa are Tunisians, followed by Eritreans, Nigerians, Sudanese, Pakistanis, Malians, Guineans and Senegalese.

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