The EU external border control agency, FRONTEX, say that the large majority of the people come from Syria, Eritrea, Sudan, Afghanistan and Iraq. Of these, by far the largest group are Syrians.

The sharp rise in the number of people making or attempting extremely dangerous journeys across the Mediterranean – and rise in the much smaller number of people at Calais – has taken place over the last year. What has changed in that relatively short timeframe?

The number of new refugees and the total global refugee population have risen substantially – first in 2013, and then by nearly 3 million in 2014. This rise is unprecedented, at least since the Second World War.

tohle mas z Amnesty International, ale zdroju je dost...ovsem to bys musela vynechavat nackovske stranky.