The influx of immigrants to Italy fell by 80% from one year to the next

ROME, BRATISLAVA. As of July 4 this year, a total of 16,687 migrants arrived in Italy, a decrease of 80.4% over the same period in 2017.

This is the result of a press release issued on Thursday by the Italian Embassy

Up to 69% of these people came from Libya, 20% from Tunisia and 6% from Turkey.

Despite the dramatic decline in migration flows, the Italian refugee recruitment system – which has to deal with thousands of asylum applications – remains under severe pressure, according to the report. [19659002] The latest regular monthly report also indicates that more and more migrants are using the Western Mediterranean Road and the Atlantic Ocean. These migrants come mainly from Morocco, from Algeria, from Guinea and from Mali

Since the beginning of the year, Italian ships have carried out 35% of rescue operations in the central Mediterranean

Honey 15 percent and non-governmental organizations 41 percent. The Libyan coastal patrol rescued and expelled 10,000 migrants to the Libyan coast

As for the number of applicants for international protection, it asked for 33,334 people in Italy on June 29, 54% less than that. at the same time in 2017 In Germany, 70,150 candidates, 63,130 in France, 30,200 in Greece and 24,000 in Spain