AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Byline: Barbie Nadeau
Since the economic crisis hit, most illegal immigration has slowed--in the U.S. it fell 21 percent last year. Why head north if there's no work? Yet in Italy, arrivals from North Africa doubled in the last year (from 13,000 to 33,000, according to the U.N.). Just last week, more than 2,400 immigrants landed on the Pelagic Islands, overcrowding detention centers.
Why risk the perilous trip? Because conditions at home are even worse. The war in Somalia--which recently heated up--plus the global food shortage and an economic tailspin in Africa have sent refugees scrambling to Italy, which for many is the closest European port of call. (Sicily's outer islands are just 275 kilometers from Libya's shores.)
This is producing a serious crisis ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Immigration: Fleeing At Any Cost.(influece of the global financial...