Spain with a record number of migrants arriving by sea
The record number of illegal migrants (6623) reached Spain by sea from
January to the end of April this year. - results from data published on Tuesday
by the Spanish Ministry of Interior. The most were in January - 4104.
In the same period of 2018, it was 4378 people, which means that the number
of migrants who reached Spain by sea increased by 51%. Since Friday, the
Spanish sea rescue service has taken on the shores of this country nearly 640
migrants in boats that flowed from North Africa.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain and international
organizations in 2018, the country has become the main target of the inflow of
illegal migrants into the EU. Earlier, they were mainly directed to Italy.
According
to the International Organization for Migration (OIM), 57,250 people managed to
complete the journey to Spain across the Mediterranean between the beginning of
the year and December 26. That is an average of nearly 160 arrivals a day.
Among the countries from which most migrants come to Spain illegally is
Algeria and Morocco. Their citizens usually go by sea to the Balearic Islands
and to Andalusia.
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