Table 1. Country of origin of rescued people by the NGO Open Arms in the Central Mediterranean from 1st July 2016 to 31st December 2018.
Geographical area of origin | Cases (%) |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 7298 (74.3) |
Nigeria | 1278 (13.1) |
Eritrea | 1215 (12.3) |
Ivory Coast | 830 (8.4) |
Guinea Conakry | 696 (7.2) |
Mali | 573 (5.8) |
Sudán | 458 (4.7) |
Gambia | 443 (4.6) |
Senegal | 441 (4.5) |
Ghana | 375 (3.9) |
Somalia | 218 (2.3) |
Cameroon | 215 (2.2) |
Sierra Leone | 68 (0.7) |
Comoros Islands | 67 (0.7) |
Burkina Faso | 62 (0.6) |
Guinea Bissau | 58 (0.6) |
Liberia | 50 (0.5) |
Ethiopia | 47 (0.5) |
Equatorial Guinea | 39 (0.4) |
Togo | 39 (0.4) |
South Sudan | 38 (0.4) |
Democratic Republic of Congo | 35 (0.3) |
Chad | 19 (0.2) |
Níger | 17 (0.2) |
Benin | 7 (0.06) |
Central African Republic | 6 (0.06) |
Mauritania | 3 (0.03) |
Namibia | 1 (0.01) |
Asia | 1444 (14.7) |
Bangladesh | 981 (9.9) |
Pakistan | 274 (2.8) |
Syria | 86 (0.9) |
India | 44 (0.5) |
Palestina | 23 (0.2) |
Yemen | 15 (0.1) |
Nepal | 14 (0.1) |
Sri Lanka | 5 (0.05) |
Afghanistan | 1 (0.01) |
Tibet | 1 (0.01) |
North Africa | 1092 (11.1) |
Morocco | 750 (7.6) |
Libya | 162 (1.7) |
Egypt | 117 (1.12 |
Argelia | 53 (0.6) |
Tunisia | 10 (0.1) |