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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 160,067 in 2017; Deaths Reach 2,985

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 160,067 in 2017; Deaths Reach 2,985

Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 160,067 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 19 November, with about 75 per cent arriving in Italy and the remainder divided between Greece, Cyprus and Spain. This compares with 345,544 arrivals across the region through the same period last year.