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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 158,935 in 2017; Deaths Reach 2,982

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 158,935 in 2017; Deaths Reach 2,982

Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 158,935 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 15 November, with about 75 per cent arriving in Italy and the remainder divided between Greece, Cyprus and Spain. This compares with 343,158 arrivals across the region through the same period last year.