(ANSAmed) - Brussels, June 28 - Frontex Executive Director
Fabrice Leggeri told ANSA on Tuesday that around 300,000
migrants currently in Africa could arrive in Italy from Libya.
"According to our estimates, there are 300,000 migrants who
could land in Italy from western Africa via the central
Mediterranean route," Leggeri told ANSA.
The executive director warned that "caution" is necessary
in forecasts as "numerous variables" can impact migration flows.
He explained that the estimate is based on the number of
migrants transiting through the Agadez region in Niger where
some 13,000 people have been monitored in a month.
"If the trend continues, we could reach 300,000" migrants.
Niger is a transit country for West African migrants
travelling to and from Libya.
In an interview to German newspapers with the Funke group
published on Tuesday, Leggeri also warned against the excessive
burden carried by Italy with the growing centrality of the
central Mediterranean migration route.
"At the moment, the number of refugees reaching Italy from
Libya is 13-14 times higher than on the Turkish-Greek route", he
was quoted as saying.
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