The UNHCR said Monday that 3,479
migrants landed on Italy's coasts in January, a rise of 13% on
the 3.080 that arrived in December and a 54% increase in the
number that landed in the same month in 2024.
It said around 99% of the people that arrived last month via sea
embarked from Libya and around 83% landed on the island of
Lampedusa, Italy's southernmost tip.
It said the leading countries of origin were: Bangladesh (35%),
Pakistan (22%), Syria (13%), Egypt (8%), Ethiopia (5%), Eritrea
(4%), Algeria (2%), Morocco (2%), Somalia (2%) and Sudan (1%).
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