British Red Cross.
http://www.redcross.org.uk/en/What-we-do/Refugee-support/Refugee-facts-and-figures
Here are some sound facts regarding refugees and asylum seekers.
Good link. These refugees trying to cross the Med have already endured crossing the Sahara Desert. It's nothing to do with Gaddafi or unrest in the Middle East, but Ethiopians trying to escape their terrible ordeals.