SHOCK FIGURES: Seven out of 10 migrants crossing to Europe are not refugees, UN reveals
THE United Nations (UN) has made shocking claims that the majority of migrants are not refugees but are in fact economic migrants searching for a better life.
By Rebecca Flood
PUBLISHED: 22:39, Tue, Jul 4, 2017 | UPDATED: 00:10, Wed, Jul 5, 2017
The majority are economic migrants, wile the rest are in genuine ‘need of protection’
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said seven in 10 people found crossing the Mediterranean are not legitimate refugees but are economic migrants, while the rest are in genuine “need of protection”.
People smuggling and migrant flows are on the rise, the UNCHR warned, with 84,830 people arriving on Italy’s shores so far this year from Libya.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/824794/migrant-crisis-refugee-Italy-Libya-UN-figures-Mediterranean-boat-crossing
