By Lizzy Okoji
Between January and April 2019, in just 101 days, over 12,500 migrants and refugees entered Europe through the three main Mediterranean Sea routes, with about 407 recorded deaths, the UN Migration Agency (IOM) revealed in its report.
On its part, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) reveals that in 2018, at least 139,000 crossed through the Mediterranean routes with Nigeria accounting for the fifth common nationality on the Central Mediterranean route.
It further revealed that Guinea had 47 per cent of the flow travelling through the Western route, Mali 16 per cent and Cote d’Ivoire 8 per cent.
In Africa, the migration problem appear to be more burdensome in the West African sub-region where there is a record 7.1 million international migrant, according to the sub-regional body, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
According to ECOWAS of…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
