Italy's ability to cope with
the influx of asylum seekers is under strain following a 30%
increase in the number of arrivals so far this year, EU border
agency Frontex said Wednesday.
"Italy remained under migratory pressure last month," it
said.
"The number of migrants arriving through the Central
Mediterranean route in March rose by more than one-fifth to
10,800.
"This brought the total for the first three months of the
year to nearly 24,250, almost 30% higher than the figure from
the same period of 2016".
The agency said nationals from Bangladesh, Nigeria and Guinea
accounted for the largest number of detected migrants.
Since the beginning of March, the number of migrants from the
Horn of Africa (especially Eritreans and Somalis) has started to
increase, probably in large part because of the improving
weather conditions on the land route to Libya their home
countries, it added.
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