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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 149,159 in 2017; Deaths Reach 2,824

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 149,159 in 2017; Deaths Reach 2,824

Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 149,159 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 25 October, with about 75 per cent arriving in Italy and the remainder divided between Greece, Cyprus and Spain. This compares with 332,326 arrivals across the region through the same period last year.