Press & News
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Migrant Deaths at Sea Near Deadly Milestone of 4,000
1/11/2016
IOM reports that almost 4,000 migrants and refugees have died or gone missing so far in 2016 (up to 30/10). The 3,940 deaths have already surpassed the total from the whole of 2015 when over 3,700 died or went missing trying to cross the Mediterranean, heading for Europe.
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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 328,225; Deaths at Sea: 3,671
25/10/2016
IOM reports that 328,225 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2016 through 23 October, arriving mostly in Greece and Italy. Some 169,302 people have arrived in Greece and 153,450 in Italy during 2016. The total is well below the number of arrivals at this point in 2015, by which nearly 690,000 migrants and refugees had made the journey.
Total arrivals by sea and deaths in the Mediterranean
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