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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 149,785 in 2017; Deaths Reach 2,826

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 149,785 in 2017; Deaths Reach 2,826

Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 149,785 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 29 October, with about 75 per cent arriving in Italy and the remainder divided between Greece, Cyprus and Spain. This compares with 334,914 arrivals across the region through the same period last year.