While the left continues to speak of normality given the high number migrants Arriving on the Italian coast, the Interior Ministry rattled off the figures in its usual Aug. 15 report, telling a different truth. 45,664 migrants have landed since the beginning of the year, considering the count does not include arrivals from August 12-14, which far exceeded 1,000 units. Compared to 2021, the increase is 40.36% in the reference period.
Interior Ministry data shows that 21,347 migrants were rescued from the total landings after SAR events, 46.7%, while 7,270 were rescued by NGOs, accounting for 16%. Most landings, 24,317 or 53.2%, arrived with autonomous events. The most represented nationalities among the migrants who have arrived in Italy so far are: Libya (24,809), Tunisia (12,536) and Turkey (7,039), followed by Lebanon, Algeria, Syria and Greece. “My government stopped illegal immigration: only 4000 arrivals in 2010. Today, landings have increased by 40% in the last year. The EU must help us. The security of the citizens is the first task of a liberal state,” wrote Silvio Berluconi on social media, commenting on the increase in landings certified by the Ministry of the Interior.
From the channels oflegal accessInstead, 4 people came to our country for resettlement, 977 through humanitarian corridors, 185 after humanitarian evacuations and 5,544 with the Aquila operation from Afghanistan. From January 1 to August 11, 137 people identified as smugglers were arrested, a 41.24% increase from 97 in the same period last year.
With over 45,000 certified arrivals, ie returns they were less than 4,000, 3,955 to be precise. In addition, according to the Interior Ministry, as of August 10 in Italy, 95,184 migrants have benefited from our government’s reception program. Also in this case, this is a much higher number than in the same period last year, when the reception of migrants in Italy was 23.9% lower. Of the complex, 682 are in the hotspots, mainly in Lampedusa, 63,570 in reception centers and 30,932 in Sai.
They have also grown exponentially asylum applications, increased by 76.4% year on year. These numbers are influenced by requests from Ukrainian and Afghan citizens, both of whom deserve humanitarian protection. As of July 31, 2022, 149,321 temporary protection permits had been issued. The residence permits issued last year also increased by 1,732,128 compared to 1,478,994: 459,632 for employment, 72,351 for self-employment, 644,651 for family reunification, 555,494 for study permits.