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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 74,501; Deaths Reach 1,586

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 74,501; Deaths Reach 1,586

Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 74,501 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2018 through 12 September, with 32,272 to Spain, the leading destination this year. This compares with 128,995 arrivals across the region through the same period last year, and 298,663 through a similar point (13 September) in 2016.