Central Mediterranean route

More than 2,500 illegal boat migrants have drowned to death or have gone missing in the Mediterranean Sea this year, the U.N. reported.

“We have indications [Wagner] are very active and in contact with gangs of traffickers and militiamen… smuggling migrants.”

Govt figures reveal the number of illegals coming to Italy has nearly tripled this year compared to the same period in 2022.

An Italian intelligence report released this week says migrant “taxi” ship NGOs help people-smugglers and cause more deaths at sea.

73 people are missing and presumed dead after people smugglers put them on an inflatable boat that sank off the coast of Libya. 

Italy has seen a total of 3,862 illegal arrivals in over two weeks so far this year, more than the same period in 2021 and 2022 combined. 

A 14-month-old baby was among three people led to their deaths by migrant smugglers after a boat sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa.

NGOs operating migrant “taxi” ships have complained to the European Union about new Italian border controls, but the bloc has claimed it will not get involved.

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni has called on migrant taxi NGOs to stop their “ferry service” in the Mediterranean. 

Even before counting Ukrainian refugees, Europe saw migrant arrivals at levels not seen since the 2015-16 crisis this year.

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni has announced that the new decree to regulate migrant taxi NGOs will not come into force until early next year.

The number of illegals landing is past 100,000 for the first time since 2017, as the government struggles to deal with waves of boats.

A migrant taxi NGO has stated that new regulations from the Italian governmentmay cause NGOs to halt their activity in the Mediterranean. 

Frontex claimed activities of migrant taxi NGO ships in the Mediterranean act as a pull factor for migrants considering the deadly journey. 

Commission announces an “Action Plan” to stem illegals crossing the Med, prompting migrant taxi NGOs to complain it would criminalise them.

Just two of the 17 NGO migrant “taxis” operating in the Mediterranean Sea are certified as search and rescue vessels, despite all claiming they engage in “rescue” operations.

The Italian Interior Minister is considering confiscating the ships of migrant taxi NGOs as part of a new security decree.

A people smuggler allegedly bragged to an undercover journalist that he is in contact with migrant taxi NGOs operating in the Mediterranean.

Frontex reports there have been over 275k illegal crossings into the EU so far this year, figures not seen since the migrant crisis in 2016. 

Just under two-thirds of Italians support the immigration policies of firebrand Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Top naval officer expressed support for a naval blockade in the Mediterranean to halt illegal migration to alleviate human suffering.

The German-based migrant taxi NGO Sea-Watch has announced it is preparing to launch its fifth vessel to the Mediterranean.

The European Union and Egypt have signed a new 80 million euro deal to halt illegal migration with illegal arrivals soaring in the last year. 

Italy’s new Minister of the Interior has announced he will be looking to stop migrant taxi NGO ships ferrying illegal aliens to Italy, stating he will use the decrees previously enacted by populist Lega leader Matteo Salvini when he held the post.

The figures underline the ruthlessness of smugglers leading migrants to their deaths while making a fat profit out of human suffering.

A German migrant taxi NGO has claimed the EU has worked to allow Libyan authorities to return migrants to North Africa from EU waters. 

The fleet of migrant taxi NGOs operating in the Mediterranean sea has picked up and dropped off over 10,000 migrants in the EU this year. 

The body of a man allegedly shot and killed by people smugglers was found on a trafficker’s boat by a migrant taxi NGO.

Italy has seen over a thousand migrants arrive on Sicily Lampedusa in a day, once again overwhelming migrant reception centres.

With illegal boat migrant landings happening in numbers equal to previous crisis peaks this month, it is estimated that as many as 100,000 could enter Italy by the end of 2022.

The number of illegal immigrants arriving in Italy is growing, with new figures showing over 50,000 illegals have entered the country so far this year as numbers have continued at a high rate so far in August.

The Italian Interior Ministry figures show that illegal migrant arrivals are up more than 40 per cent so far this year.

The Italian Interior Ministry has released new statistics showing that, since the start of 2022, over 45,000 migrants have illegally entered the country as new boat landings continue on Italian shores.

Populist Matteo Salvini has claimed that just 15 per cent of the illegal immigrants who came to Italy in 2021 were granted refugee status.

July saw more illegals arrive on Italian territory than all of 2019, as landing continue in areas like the overwhelmed island of Lampedusa.  

Italian populist League (Lega) leader Matteo Salvini has called for tougher border control to reduce illegal migrant landings following the collapse of the technocratic “national unity” government earlier this week.