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Key facts: Africa to Europe migration

 
 
 
 
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The majority of African migrants living overseas are in Europe – about 4.6m compared with 890,000 in the US, according to the International Organization for Migration. But the Migration Policy Institute believes there are between seven and eight million irregular African immigrants living in the EU – the actual number changing depending on regularisation schemes in the member states.

About two-thirds of Africans in Europe are from north Africa (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia). An increasing number are travelling from Sub-Saharan Africa, mainly heading for the former colonial powers of France, Germany, Italy and the UK.

The main aim of migrants is to reach European soil – be it mainland Europe or the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla or islands in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.

The main departure points are:
West coast of Africa: Northern Mauritania, Western Sahara and southern Morocco from where most head for the Canary Islands.
Northern Morocco to cross into Ceuta and Melilla or cross the straits to Spain.
Tunisia and Libya for boats heading for Italy’s island of Lampedusa, Sicily and Malta.

But first the migrants must cross great distances.
The main routes are:

Route: West African coast
Destination: Canary Islands
Via: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, The Gambia, Mauritania and Western Sahara to northern coast of Morocco
Dangers: sea crossing to Canaries
Who: Mainly migrants from these countries

Route: Western Sahara
Destination: Canary Islands
Via: Mali, Mauritania, Western Sahara or southern Morocco
Dangers: Crossing Sahara, guerrillas
Who: Mainly migrants from Ivory Coast, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo and Benin

Route: Central Sahara
Destinations: Canary Islands, Spain, Italy
Via: Niger, northern Mauritania, Western Sahara or southern Morocco; northern Morocco; Tunisia or Libya
Dangers: Crossing desert and sea
Who: Mainly migrants from countries south of Niger, via Cameroon and Nigeria

Route: Eastern Sahara
Destinations: Lampedusa, Sicily, and Malta
Via: Tunisia and Libya
Dangers: Desert and sea crossing
Who: Mainly migrants from Sub-Sahara Africa

Route: Horn of Africa to Libya
Destinations: Lampedusa, Sicily, and Malta
Via: Sudan
Dangers: Desert and sea crossing
Who: Mainly from Somalia and Ethiopia

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5 Responses to " Key facts: Africa to Europe migration "

  1. 8) i still think there must be some intelectual force behind the certain to encourage such this large number of people to immigrate to EU because they know the massive impact of this immigration in future.. just look at the massive impact on new generation this day most of them are hip-hop lovers 8)

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  2. Too many Africans will make Europe become like Africa; and that’s in nobody’s interest. Keep them out for their own good! and ours too!

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    • kerdasi
      Lets send them to the USA,as there are blacks they can relate too and second who cares about the USA…………

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      • I’d prefer to keep them African! :-D

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  3. I can see both sides of the clearly argument. It’s perfectly valid for White Europeans to have the right to preserve their racial heritage and living space, free from Nigger influence. On the other hand, who the hell really wants to live in Africa? Not even the Niggers. Considering most Niggers have a below-average IQ, you can’t really expect them to build advanced societies like Europe. Not in a million years!

    I think there should be some kind of concerted breeding control of Niggers and most other subhuman, ugly, retarded races. It’s imperative world government quickly join hands to sterilize subhumans and not prolong their suffering in the planet. Sterilization is the most effective and humane way to ensure the present niggers and subhumans on Earth are allowed a good quality of life while their genetic imprint slowly vanishes in one generation.

    For the record, I’m not White.

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