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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 302,975; Deaths at Sea: 3,502

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 302,975; Deaths at Sea: 3,502

Italy - IOM reports that 302,975 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2016 through 1 October, arriving mostly in Greece and Italy. Some 167,074 people have arrived in Greece and 132,069 in Italy during 2016. The total is well below the number of arrivals at this point in 2015, when some 518,181 migrants and refugees had made the journey.