Migrant Arrivals by Sea in Europe Exceed 225,000 in H1 2016

World | July 1, 2016, Friday // 18:25
Bulgaria: Migrant Arrivals by Sea in Europe Exceed 225,000 in H1 2016 File photo by EPA/BGNES

An estimated 225,095 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea in the first half of 2016, arriving predominantly in Italy and Greece, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced on Friday.

Migrant deaths at sea so far this year are 2,889 compared with 1,838 through the first six months of 2015, the IOM said in a statement.

In addition, there were 7,672 arrivals by land in Europe in 2016 through 29 June.

An estimated 457 migrants and refugees arrived in Bulgaria by land between 15 June and 29 June, according to IOM statistics. The main nationalities of arrival in Bulgaria since the start of 2016 have been Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan.

 

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