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by | 13 Jun 2011 · 05:22

42,000 Migrant Landings in Italy in First 5 Months of 2011

Italian officials report that 42,807 migrants landed in Italy during the first five months of 2011.  The arrivals involved 507 separate landings.  This number contrasts with 4,406 arrivals in all of 2010 involving 159 separate landings.

Most of the migrants in 2011 have been Tunisian nationals (24,356) whereas Afghans (1699) were the largest group in 2010.  Most migrants crossed the Adriatic in 2010 whereas the central Mediterranean is now the location of most migrant voyages.

2010:   Afghanistan (1699), Tunisia (650), Egypt (551), Algeria (297), Iraq (161), Iran (159) , Palestine (128), Turkey (112), Syria (100), Somalia (61), Eritrea (55).

January–May 2011:   Tunisia (24,356), Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia (combined total of 4,157), Nigeria (1689), Ghana (1312), Mali (1134), Bangladesh (827), Egypt (761), Côte d’Ivoire (730), Afghanistan (713), Pakistan (530).

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by | 22 Feb 2010 · 05:13

Daily Mail: from Kabul to the UK by way of Samos

The Daily Mail has a special report detailing the experiences and routes of irregular Afghan migrants traveling from Afghanistan to the UK by way of Turkey and Greece.

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by | 24 Sep 2009 · 20:49

Photos of Afghans Killed in Australian Boat Explosion Released (News)

Clockwise from top: Muzafar Ali Safarali, Mohammad Ali Ayubi, Baquer Husani, Mohammed Amini Zamen and Awaz Nader.

Clockwise from top: Muzafar Ali Safarali, Mohammad Ali Ayubi, Baquer Husani, Mohammed Amini Zamen and Awaz Nader.

Australian authorities have released photographs of the five Afghan asylum seekers who were killed in April in an explosion on their boat shortly after it was intercepted by Australian authorities near Ashmore Reef.  The boat was attempting to travel to Australia from Indonesia.  Some survivors of the blast were severely burned.

An investigation into the deaths is still in progress.  Video of the incident reportedly shows Australian Defence personnel pushing survivors back into the water as they tried to swim to a rescue boat.  The Northern Territory Coroner which is conducting an investigation has prevented the video footage from being made public.

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