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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 316,331; Deaths at Sea: 3,611

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 316,331; Deaths at Sea: 3,611

Italy - IOM reports that 316,331 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2016 through 9 October, arriving mostly in Greece and Italy. Some 167,972 people have arrived in Greece and 144,527 in Italy during 2016. The total is well below the number of arrivals at this point in 2015, when over 520,000 migrants and refugees had made the journey.