Two-thirds of last year’s total have come in first four months of 2015, even though peak people-smuggling season has not yet startedThe scale of mass migration across the Mediterranean has been revealed by new figures showing that record numbers of migrants are now arriving by boat in Greece as well as Italy. Just four months into the year, the number of arrivals in Greece is already two-thirds as high as last year’s total, highlighting the volume of migration in not just the central Mediterranean, between Libya and Italy, but also at its eastern fringes. Even as the UN security council mulls using military force against smugglers in Libya, the figures suggest migrants are increasingly using other routes to break into Fortress Europe. Related: Europe’s worsening migrant crisis – the Guardian briefing Related: Migrant boat crisis: the story of the Greek hero on the beach Continue reading...
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