By Kashim
Bello
The European Union has said over 22,500 illegal migrants from Nigeria crossed Mediterranean Sea to Europe between January and September as against 23,000 in 2015.
The
Deputy Head of EU Delegation in Nigeria, Richard Young, made this disclosure on
Thursday at a media workshop in Abuja.
Young
expressed concern that the number of Nigerians taking dangerous adventure
through Mediterranean to Europe within nine months in 2016 was higher than
those who did same throughout 2015.
According
to him, there has been huge increase in migrants crossing border without the
right travel document to Europe from all over the world.
Young
said: “In 2014, the number of people travelling irregularly into Europe
clinched 280,000 people; in 2015 it rose to 1.8 million in 2015.
“From
January to September 2016, the number is about 420,000; we are expecting that
the number will rise to 800,000 before the end of the year.
“Within
this number, people coming from Nigeria in 2012 was 800, in 2013 the number was
2,900, in 2014 the number was 8,700 in 2015 the number was 23,000.
“And
between January and September 2016 the number is 22, 500.”
Source:
Daily Post
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