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In July, 7,465 refugees and migrants arrived in Italy by sea. Most originated from the Syrian Arab Republic (22%),
Bangladesh (21%) and Tunisia (16%). 20 per cent were children. Other people reached Italy via land and air.
On 29 July, the third humanitarian evacuation flight in 2024 with 119 refugees and people in need of international protection arrived in Italy, in the context of the Memorandum of Understanding signed in December 2023 with the Ministries of Interior, Foreign Affairs and several Italian NGOs.
On 16 July, UNHCR and the Government of Italy held high level bilateral consultations to strengthen their longstanding strategic partnership for the protection of forcibly displaced people and in support of countries hosting refugees and asylum-seekers.