More than 150,000 people migrated to Southern Europe this year

Amount immigrant The foregoing comes amid a food shortage caused by the Ukraine conflict that threatens to lead to a wave of migration new from Africa and the Middle East.

“This year, frontline member states (in Europe) are expected to receive more than 150,000 migrants,” Cypriot Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said after a meeting with MED5 ministers in Venice, Italy.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said that some 36,400 asylum seekers and migrants have arrived in Italy, Spain, Greece, Cyprus and Malta this year, compared with 123,318 last year. 2021.

However, the overall number is still significantly lower than in 2015, when more than 1 million people migrated to the five countries to escape poverty and conflict across Africa and the Middle East.

A group of migrants at the port of Arguineguin, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, May 12, 2022.

The United Nations crisis coordinator Amin Awad confirmed on June 3 that shortages of wheat and other grains could affect 1.4 billion people, adding that there is a need for urgent calls. negotiations to clear ports in Ukraine to avoid famine and mass migration around the world.

Russia and Ukraine provide nearly a third of the global wheat supply, while Russia is a key fertilizer exporter and Ukraine is a major supplier of corn and sunflower oil.

Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese told Sky TG24 (Italy’s second largest news channel) on June 3: “If wheat is still blocked in Black Sea ports, we still have to expect a lane a larger wave of migrants. We are concerned, as are all front-line European countries.”

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