The number of migrant landings reported in Italy in 2023 has increased by 50% compared to the previous year, the Italian interior ministry has admitted. This is despite the fact that the government has launched a series of initiativ1
The share of male asylum seekers in Germany aged between 16 and 40 has reportedly risen sharply over the past five years. According to a migration researcher, the percentage of young migrants tends to go up whenever migration routes1
Spain's Canary Islands, off the northwest coast of Africa, have seen a sharp and steady increase in arrivals of boats carrying irregular migrants since the beginning of October last year.
A total of 4,931 children and unaccompanied minors arrived in the Canary Islands since the beginning of last year. The archipelago has requested support from other Iberian regions to help relocate them.
Morocco's army has stopped more than 1,100 migrants from reaching the Spanish exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. Around 1,700 migrants managed to cross into the Spanish territories in Northern Africa in 2023.