Migrants face ‘unimaginable horrors’ crossing Africa says U.N.

Migrants face ‘unimaginable horrors’ crossing Africa says U.N.

Sub: IR

Sec: Places in news

Context:

• Refugees and migrants face extreme violence, abuse and exploitation on land routes crossing Africa to get to the Mediterranean, with far more believed to be dying there than at sea, a U.N.-backed report said.

Details:

• Causes of migration: The eruption of conflicts across the Sahel region and in Sudan, new and long-running violence in the Horn of Africa and the east of the continent, the devastating impact of climate change and disasters, as well as xenophobia and racism.
• Tunisia has overtaken Libya as the main departure point for migration towards Europe.
  • The water between Tunisia and the Italian island Lampedusa, is now named the “Tunisian Corridor”.
• Major destinations: Italy (Lampedusa, Catania, and Milan) and Greece (the islands of Lesbos, Chios, Samos, Leros, and Kos).

Source: TH