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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 1072 in first week of 2018; Deaths Reach 81

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 1072 in first week of 2018; Deaths Reach 81

Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 1,072 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea during the first week of 2018, with around 450 each landing in Italy and Greece and the remainder in Spain. This compares with almost an identical number – 1,159 – coming ashore during a similar period in 2017.