The BBC reported in 2007 that the International Organization for Migration estimates that around 4.6 million African migrants live in Europe, but that the Migration Policy Institute estimates that between 7 and 8 million illegal migrants from Africa live in the EU.
根據國際移民組織2007年的統計，大約有460萬非裔移民生活在歐洲，但非營利組織移民政策研究所（Migration Policy Institute）估計有7到8百萬非裔移民生活在歐盟國家。