HUMANITARIAN INFORMATION UNIT, US State Department, prognos och faktablad 15 februari 2018

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Lagos
Djanet
Ajdabiya
Agadir
Massala
Melilla (SP.) Lampedusa
(IT.)
Maradah
Tessalit
Arlit
Ceuta
(SP.)
Ghadamis
Adrar
Abidjan
Benghazi
Ouargla
Oujda-Angad
Alexandria
Gao
Kano
Illizi
Sabha
Tamanrasset
Agadez
Laayoune
Accra
Nouakchott
Porto-Novo
Monrovia
Freetown
Lomé
Niamey
Tripoli
Tunis
Ouagadougou
Dakar
Algiers
Conakry
BissauBissau
Abuja
Bamako
Rabat
Nouadhibou
MOROCCO
M A L I
GHANA
TUNISIA
L I B Y A
GUINEA-
BISSAU
LIBERIA
CABO
VERDE
Western
Sahara
SPAIN
A L G E R I A
BURKINA
FASO
CÔTE
D’IVOIRE
N I G E R I A
SIERRA LEONE
SENEGAL
MAURITANIA
BENIN
THE
GAMBIA
TOGO
GUINEA
ITALY
N I G E R
CAMEROON
REP. OF
THE
CONGO
PORTUGAL
TURKEY
MALTA
S U D A N
GABON
SOUTH
SUDAN
C E N T R A L
A F R IC A N
R E PU BL IC
EQUA. GUI.
DEM.
REP.
OF THE
CONGO
C H A D
EGYPT
GR E E C E
Canary
Islands
(SP.)
S A H A R A D E S E R T
NOTE: Spain arrival
data are current as
of Oct 2017. Benin,
Niger, and Togo data
include 2016 arrivals
to Italy, while Togo
data to Spain are
through Oct 2016.
Economic
Community of
West African States
(ECOWAS); free
movement zone
Economic
Community of
West African States
(ECOWAS); free
movement zone
UNagenciesestimate
thatmoremigrants
maydieattemptingto
crosstheSaharathan
theMediterranean.
M e d i te r ra n e a n S e a
Me d i te r ra n e a n Sea
ATL ANTIC
O CE AN
Migration routes
and hubs
10,000
5,000
25,000
55,0002016-2017
arrivals to
Spain
and Italy
shown by
country of
declared
nationality
*
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
DecNovOctSepAugJulJunMayAprMarFebJan ’17DecNovOctSepAugJulJunMayAprMarFebJan ’16
WesternMediterraneanfatalitiesWesternMediterraneanfatalities
CentralMediterraneanfatalitiesCentralMediterraneanfatalitiesArrivalstoItalyArrivalstoItaly
LibyanCoastGuard
interdictions
LibyanCoastGuard
interdictions
ArrivalstoSpainArrivalstoSpain
55 22 2121 99 4848 11 1111 1919 00 44 11 77 2828 1313 77 99 22 1010 5656 88 1212
88 5454
1616
77
9090
258258
611611
11301130 388388 208208
4040
341341
431431
703703
374374
225225
217217
290290 279279
611611 537537
6868
143143
102102 160160 193193
99
Numberofmonthly
fatalitiesatsea
(indicatedbycircle)
Numberofmonthly
fatalitiesatsea
(indicatedbycircle)
Demographic breakdown
Male
Female
65 and
older 35-64 18-34 14-17
13 or
youngerPendingapplicationsarenotincluded
Since 2011, 540,000 West and
143,000 North Africans have
sought asylum in Europe. Of
550,000 decisions made,
73% of West and 79% of
North African asylum
applications were rejected.
Decisions on asylum applications lodged since 2011
Senegal 16,450
Côte d’Ivoire 19,870
Morocco 26,530
Ghana 23,935
The Gambia 29,125
Mali 27,240
Guinea 32,455
Nigeria 93,910 28,130
7,185
8,670
2,455
8,325
11,360
15,485
13,895
Rejected Positive
Although European and African efforts to reduce irregular
migration have successfully lowered overall numbers entering
Europe, some migrants are transiting increasingly hazardous
smuggling routes across the Sahara Desert and
Mediterranean Sea, risking human rights abuses and
indefinite detention. The UN’s voluntary humanitarian return
program assisted over 19,000 migrants to return to their
home countries from Libya in 2017, up from around 3,000
assisted migrant returns from Libya in 2016. An estimated
400,000–700,000 migrants live in detention in Libya.
Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative February 15, 2018 - U1715 STATE (HIU)
Unclassified
Irregular Migration from West and North Africa to Europe
Dangerous Routes, Decreasing Numbers
Sources: Eurostat, IOM, UNHCR, press reporting
HUMANITARIAN INFORMATION UNIT
U.S. Department of State
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