31. 地中海沿岸大多数欧洲国家既是移民的过境国也是目的地国。例如，2014年，共有 14,243 名无人陪伴移民儿童在意大利上岸，其中 3,707 人在上岸后潜逃，10,536 人在当地市政当局设立的收容中心接受照料。据移民组织统计，2015年 1 月至 7 月，共有 5,499 名无人陪伴移民儿童进入意大利，其中 27%(1,467 人)来自西非(冈比亚、马里、尼日利亚和塞内加尔)。在 2016 年经由地中海中部路线抵达意大利的 181,436 人中，有 28,223 人(近 16%)是儿童。2016 年跨越地中海抵达的儿童中 10 人中有 9 人只身一人。28
31. Most countries in Mediterranean Europe act as both transit and destination countries for migrant flows. For example, in 2014, a total of 14,243 unaccompanied migrant children landed in Italy, of whom 3,707 absconded after landing and 10,536 were hosted in centres set up by local municipalities charged with providing reception services. According to IOM, between January and July 2015, a total of 5,459 unaccompanied migrant children entered the country, 27 per cent (1,467) of them from West Africa (the Gambia, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal). Of the 181,436 arrivals in Italy in 2016 via the central Mediterranean route, 28,223, or nearly 16 per cent, were children. Nine out of ten children who crossed the Mediterranean in 2016 were unaccompanied.28