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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 117,795 and 2,408 Deaths in 2017

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 117,795 and 2,408 Deaths in 2017

Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 117,795 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 9 August, with almost 83 per cent arriving in Italy and the remainder divided between Greece, Cyprus and Spain. This compares with 264,381 arrivals across the region through 9 August 2016.