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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 133,640; 2,556 Deaths in 2017

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 133,640; 2,556 Deaths in 2017

Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 133,640 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 20 September, with over 75 per cent arriving in Italy and the remainder divided between Greece, Cyprus and Spain. This compares with 300,767 arrivals across the region through the same period last year.