Europe records 59% drop in sea arrivals from Mali, Senegal, Guinea, and The Gambia as tighter border controls push migrants onto more dangerous routes

Europe records 59% drop in sea arrivals from Mali, Senegal, Guinea, and The Gambia as tighter border controls push migrants onto more dangerous routes

Fewer West Africans are reaching Europe by sea, but the decline in arrivals is doing little to ease the dangers facing migrants as tighter border controls push departures towards longer and less monitored routes.

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