On 9 April, the Council of Ministers, on a proposal by the Minister for Civil Protection and Maritime Policy, resolved to extend the state of emergency for six months as a result of ‘the exceptional increase in the flow of migrants entering Italy via the Mediterranean migration routes’. According to the latest data published by the Ministry of the Interior, 15,644 migrants have landed in Italy since the beginning of the year.
Read more about the data on the ISMU ETS web-page dedicated to data and statistics.