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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 16,724 in 2020; Deaths Reach 256

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 16,724 in 2020; Deaths Reach 256

Geneva – IOM reports that 16,724 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea through almost four months of 2020, a 16 per cent increase from the 14,381 arriving during the same period last year. Nearly half of all arrivals have been to Greece, this year’s busiest destination.