“I’ve never seen Europe in such a state of chaos and it looks like it’s only going to get worse.” Admin
Italy rescued more than 2,600 migrants from the sea in just 24 hours yesterday, raising fears of another large influx this coming summer.
Two weeks ago, the European Union (EU) claimed its £4.7 billion deal with Turkey had cut the number of migrants crossing the Aegean Sea by 90 per cent. However, the number of migrants crossing to Italy from North Africa is now starting to rise sharply.
The Italian coastguard said had helped save 2,000 people floating in 14 rubber dinghies, bringing them ashore in Italy. Another 636 were picked up from two boats off the Maltese coast.
Meanwhile, Libyan authorities also detained a further 550 people trying to cross illegally into Europe. They said the nationalities of those detained included “several African countries”, and included children and women, eight of whom were pregnant.
EU officials are predicting that up to half a million people will cross the Mediterranean from Libya alone this year, intensifying the migrant crisis once again and possibly raising social tensions on the European continent.
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