Migrant landings fall but many arrivals from Bangladesh

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 11 - Migrant arrivals have plummeted in 2024 compared to 2023, marking a 62% drop on the previous year, according to figures released Sunday - but there has been a surge in arrivals from Bangladesh.
    Some 35,725 people have arrived in Italy so far since the beginning of the year compared to 94,009 in the same period in 2023.
    With regard to nationalities, the most numerous are Bangladeshis (7,615), followed by Syrians (5,725) and Tunisians (4,747).
    According to informed sources, the route that, after arriving from Bangladesh in Egypt, leads to crossings in the Mediterranean towards Italy, is the one that is being particularly monitored these days, especially following the political crisis and unrest in the Asian country, which could cause a further increase in flows from that territory. (ANSA).