(ANSA) - Rome, May 16 - Frontex said Tuesday that 37,200
migrants arrived in Italy through the Central Mediterranean
route in the first four months of 2017, up 33% with respect to
the same period last year. The number of detections of illegal
border crossings fell 84% in the January-April period compared
to the same period last year for the EU as a whole, dropping to
47,000, the EU border agency said.
Italian migrant arrivals up 33% in 2017
Down 84% for EU was a whole in same period says border agency