Ahmad 
The number of irregular migrants across the Mediterranean continues to exceed thousands every month, despite domestic and international efforts to combat migration.
The British newspaper “The Times” monitored the arrival of nearly (4) thousand migrants of Bangladeshi nationality only to Italy during the past two months, after they sailed from the Libyan shores.
These figures coincide with what was published in Greek and European newspapers in recent weeks, which reported the arrival of migrant delegations to some Greek islands and to Cyprus, which means that thousands of migrant’s flow daily to the other coast of the Mediterranean Sea via boats and fishing boats, often causing those passing by to drown.
According to a newly published investigation, the British “Times” confirmed that the number of “Bangladeshis” who arrived in Italy through Libya illegally, rose within two months to more than (3,800) migrants.
The newspaper confirmed that many of the “Bengal” migrants arrived in Italy via Libya, where they traveled first to Turkey or the UAE, and from there to Libya, after paying about (8) thousand euros for the flight, in addition to the cost of the cruise they traveled via boats to the Italian coasts, where they set off from the city of Zuwara in the west of the country.
She explained that many “Bengal and Pakistanis” migrate to Libya under legal work contracts, and from there they head to the sea to board illegal immigration boats, stressing that they usually enter in the form of labor brought by cleaning companies operating in Libya.
Between January and November last year, about 150 illegal immigrants arrived in Italy, according to figures from the Italian Interior Ministry.
The ministry indicates that more than 47,000 of these migrants came through Libyan territory, of whom 30,000 were the western region as their departure point, and 17,000 from the eastern region.
For its part, the Italian agency “Nova” said that the number of migrants intercepted in the Mediterranean Sea and returned to Libya amounted between January and November 2023 to about (fourteen thousand).