According to Info Migrants, the number of migrants arriving in Italy who have passed away or gone missing throughout the migration process began in the early 2010s. More specifically, 368 migrants who left Libya in 2013 perished, according to EU Helpers.
According to the non-profit organization Save the Children, 1,143 children under the age of 18 were among the more than 28,000 migrants who died in the Mediterranean trying to reach Italy.
While 112,000 unaccompanied adolescents have arrived in Italy by sea since 2014, 4%, or more than 100 youngsters, have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean this year. More than 11,600 juveniles have entered the nation since the start of this year by traveling across the Mediterranean.
In contrast, the subsequent years had the lowest number of entries, with less than 30,000 people entering the nation between 2018 and 2020. The number of migrants entering Italy peaked in 2016, when 181,000 did so.
War, economic, and political crises have nearly always been linked to waves of landings and arrivals.
The Italian island of Lampedusa welcomed 12,000 refugees in the past month, more than twice its own population. This generated chaos in the city, and although though the residents made an effort to assist the refugees, the subject is still touchy.
The EU and Tunisia's President Kais Said signed a new migration agreement in an effort to prevent a migrant crisis, and via it, the African nation was guaranteed €900 million to boost its economy, invest in energy, and develop its youth. In addition to this sum, Tunisia was guaranteed an additional €100 million to safeguard its border security in order to jointly prioritize the fight against unauthorized immigration.
Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Commission, and Giorgia Meloni, the prime minister of Italy, visited with refugees and migrants in Lampedusa in the middle of September. They also unveiled a ten-step plan to help ease the flow on this island.
We will lend more assistance to the removal of migrants from Lampedusa. We implore the other Member States to move migrants out of Italy through the Voluntary Solidarity Mechanism. - From The Leyen
As part of this strategy, operational collaborations on countersmuggling will be formed as well as increased support for relocating migrants. In summary, the EU Commission wants to promote the transfer of persons out of Lampedusa and strengthen the EUAA and Frontex's assistance to Italy through this ten-point plan.
