50,000 migrants landed in Italy in 2017 (2)

(ANSA) Rome, May 24 - Some 50,000 migrants have landed in Italy in the first months of this year, most from Syria, Eritrea, Nigeria and Somalia, the head of the department for civil liberties and immigration, Gerarda Pantalone, told the parliamentary anti-mafia commission Wednesday. "The situation has got worse with the (good) weather," she said, adding by way of comparison that in the whole of 2013 there were 2,000 arrivals and 103,000 in 2015.
    Migrants leaving their homes because of conflicts have "gradually" been joined by those seeking a better life, so-called economic migrants, she said.