The flow of migrants into Europe continues, although it has become much less than before. As informs Agency Reuters, citing data from the International Agency for migration, since the beginning, crossed the Mediterranean sea more than 189 thousand.
Most migrants took to Greece. In this country profit of 155 thousand people, in Italy – 32 THD, Spain – a little over 1 thousand According to the IOM, a significant portion of people who want to move to the Old world, are immigrants from African countries South of the Sahara. Also, experts note that in recent years dramatically reduced the number of citizens of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, arriving from Turkey to Greece.
According to Europol, about 90 percent of migrants enter the EU with the assistance of organized criminal groups. This activity is one of the most lucrative for criminal organizations. In 2015, according to law enforcement officials, she brought criminal organizations 5-6 billion euros.
The guards do not exclude that these transport routes can be used by terrorists, but the explicit relationships between criminals and extremists has not yet been identified. Nevertheless, the head of Europol Rob Minerit urged member countries of the EU to strengthen the fight against criminal networks involved in trafficking in migrants, to use all the available opportunities.
