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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 161,010 in 2017; Deaths Nearly 3,000

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 161,010 in 2017; Deaths Nearly 3,000

Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 161,010 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 24 November, with about 75 per cent arriving in Italy and the remainder divided between Greece, Cyprus and Spain. This compares with 345,831 arrivals across the region through the same period last year.