This year around 20,000 migrants have been apprehended on European shores . ( CNN ) -- The EU has also taken a tougher stance against illegal immigration by cracking down on people-smuggling networks and setting up border patrols. Thousands of Africans have died trying to cross Mediterranean and Adriatic .
This year around 20,000 migrants have been apprehended on European shores . The EU has also taken a tougher stance against illegal immigration by cracking down on people-smuggling networks and setting up border patrols. Thousands of Africans have died trying to cross Mediterranean and Adriatic .