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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 164,779 in 2017; Deaths Reach 3,086

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 164,779 in 2017; Deaths Reach 3,086

Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 164,779 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 3 December, with just over 70 per cent arriving in Italy and the remainder divided between Greece, Cyprus and Spain. This compares with 351,076 arrivals across the region through the same period last year.