THE world today battles many problems. From drug trade
and its consequences on citizens of the world, to illicit
financial flows which are used in funding transnational
organized crimes; to human trafficking, terrorism and now
illegal migration which has generated a lot of problems to
the destination countries as well as to the countries of
departure.

Illegal migration affects many third world countries from
Africa to Asia to the Middle East and elsewhere in the
world. The reasons for such migration range from poverty
to hunger, environmental issues and now terrorism. Illegal
migration is not a new phenomenon in Africa. For so many
years, Africans, especially West Africans have taken these
risky journeys to reach the borders of European countries,
obviously because of the region’s proximity to some
European countries such as Italy and Spain.

These perilous journeys have seen many perish in the
Mediterranean sea and in deserts as they transverse the
expansive Sahara desert and the countries around the area
to reach the shores of Tunisia, Libya and Egypt from where
they get into Italy. From Morocco, they cross into Spain. On
arrival, for as many that are lucky to be able to make the
journey through, they live as illegal immigrants and
struggle for survival.

Africans, born and raised as free citizens in their home countries, with full rights and privileges, have chosen such
harrowing experiences just to reach the shores of other
nations where they have to live as second class citizens,
running and hiding, many times having to indulge in petty
crimes to survive, for one major reason-economic
empowerment.

In April, about 900 African migrants sank off the coasts of
Libya as they strove to make it to Italy. This incident is
described as the world’s worst disaster involving migrants
who are being smuggled to Europe.

According to Italian interior ministry, the boat went down
overnight about 60 miles (96km) off the Libyan coast and
120 miles (193km) south of the Italian island of
Lampedusa. So far, it is reported that at least 1,500
migrants have died in 2015 en-route Europe. This is at least
30 times higher than the figure for 2014.

The problem of migration, whether legal or illegal, is
enormous on the host country; and could elicit some
reactions from citizens of the host countries. An example is
the hard stance of European countries on the matter,
whereby citizens of Italy and even Pope Benedict XVI have
had to plead with authorities to resume the rescue
operations on the Mediterranean which saved about
100,000 lives last year. The country had reportedly stopped
the operation because it is said to have encouraged
migrants to make more trips to Europe.

At a recent Regional Seminar on Information and Migration
held in Abuja, stakeholders from both English and French
speaking West African countries emphasized the need for
Africa to begin to tackle its own problems from within.


www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/07/africa-rises-to-curb-migration-crisis/

Forget it, guys will still move out no matter the Risk involved.

feldido:
Forget it, guys will still move out no matter the Risk involved.

That's like so stupid, dese guys die like crazy. Deaths recorded this year along mehn. Its awful