In Italy in October, received a record number of migrants reached more than 27 thousand people.
On it informs Agency AFP.
“Even in the midst of last summer, the number of arrivals only once exceeded 25 thousand per month”, – stated in the message.
According to the publication, the total number of migrants who have arrived this year in Italy, reached 159 thousand people, which is more than the total figure of 2015, when the country was visited by 153 thousand people.
In 2014, the country reported a record number of asylum seekers has reached 170 thousand people.
According to the Ministry of internal Affairs of Italy, the majority of migrants came from West Africa and the Somali Peninsula.
As reported, according to the United Nations in 2016, across the Mediterranean to European shores sailed around 328 thousand migrants and asylum seekers. With 3 740 people died trying to reach the sea.
