MIGRASYL

News on migration and asylum from around the region - Nouvelles de la région sur les questions de migration et d'asile

Monday, February 02, 2009

[Egypt] LCHR: Field observation on the migration from the Egyptian countryside to Europe

The migration phenomenon has increased in 2008. The LCHR reports have monitored more than 100 trips to Italy that have resulted into the death of about 500 Egyptians who have drowned while escaping the police or during the migration process. International statistics indicate that the number of Egyptians who have successfully entered European countries during the past 10 years are about 460 thousand people who include 90 thousand living illegally in Italy.