The demographics of asylum seekers in Italy has shifted dramatically since the new routes emerged, said The International Organisation for Migration (IOM). “The thing that’s really changing is the main nationality of the migrants, and the number coming from Bangladesh,” IOM’s Flavio di Giacomo told The Independent. “From Bangladesh, they first travelled to Dubai and Turkey, and finally reached Libya by plane,” an IOM spokesperson said. Human Rights Watch (HRW) Senior Libya Researcher Hanan Salah said Libya had been a destination for Bangladeshi migrants seeking work before the outbreak of the civil war in 2011. Following the British-backed removal of Muammar Gaddafi, the country has seen countless armed factions, including IS, wage war for territory.

Source: bd News24 May 06, 2017 05:48 UTC