Geneva, Sep 14, 2018
According to the International Organization for Migration. Between January and July of this year, irregular immigration from northern Morocco to Europe shows massive increase.
Following Rif Hirak protests, Spain is the Mediterranean’s most-sought destination for irregular migrants traveling by sea, or via the country’s African enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta. surpassing Italy and Greece.
IOM’s Missing Migrants Project has documented the deaths of 1,490 men, women and children seeking to cross the Mediterranean in 2018 – more than half of those deaths since 1 June 2018.
