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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 116,692 in 2017; 2,405 Deaths

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 116,692 in 2017; 2,405 Deaths

Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 116,692 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 6 August, with almost 83 per cent arriving in Italy and the remainder divided between Greece, Cyprus and Spain. This compares with 263,436 arrivals across the region through 6 August 2016.