EU Fears Migrant Deluge in Spring
by Jack Montgomery With boat migrant arrivals in Italy already up significantly from 2016, European Union (EU) officials fear a deluge when Winter gives way to Spring. 2016 was a record-breaking year for arrivals in Italy, with numbers rising by a fifth to over 181,000. Numbers for January and February 2017 are already up on that year, from 9,000 to 13,500. With Libya sliding back into internecine warfare, Reuters reports that the EU is not confident its controversial plans for a migration deal with the fractured North African state can curb the influx. “It’s a real headache how to translate this...
by Jack Montgomery With boat migrant arrivals in Italy already up significantly from 2016, European Union (EU) officials fear a deluge when Winter gives way to Spring. 2016 was a record-breaking year for arrivals in Italy, with numbers rising...
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