The map shows some of the major migration routes occurring in the Mediterranean region. As you can see Cairo is a passing point for many migrants coming from Eritrea and Somalia.
Every year thousands of people, many fleeing conflict and instability in Africa and the Middle East, risk their lives in small, often decrepit vessels while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to European territories. On Saturday, more than 30 people died when another boat packed with around 250 people sank just off the coast of Malta. Some 200 people were rescued, and Malta's prime minister warned that the Mediterranean was in danger of becoming of a "cemetery" for desperate migrants. The UN says some 32,000 people have arrived in Malta and Italy so far this year. At the weekend more than 200 migrants also arrived in Sicily after being rescued by the Italian coastguard and a merchant ship.
To read more about these issues and to look at an interactive map and a range of linked articles, go to the website below. Year 12, this is strongly advised additional reading for your work on migration which you will be starting next week.
Meditteranean Illegal migration issues
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