An estimated 90,000 irregular
migrants have been present in Italy since 2015, and not
500-600,000 as previously estimate, Interior Minister Matteo
Salvini said Wednesday.
Salvini said 478,000 migrants have landed in Italy since
2015.
Of these, 268,000 have left Italy for other EU countries
while another 119,000 have been received by Italy.
This means that some 90,000 migrants are missing from the
tally, the minister said.
"This number is much lower than what some people have been
saying in the last few days," said the leader of the
anti-migrant League party.
The League's government partner, the anti-establishment
5-Star Movement (M5S), said that it had been Salvini and not
others who had consistently peddled the higher number of
5-600,000.
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