Mediterranean Update 15 January 2016

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Mediterranean Update Migration Flows Europe: Arrivals and Fatalities 23,664 arrivals by sea in 2016 59 dead/missing in 2016 as of 10:00 CEST 15 January 1,011,712 arrivals in 2015

Italy

Spain

Arrivals 362

Greece

Arrivals 23,302 Deaths 50

Malta

Deaths 9

Cyprus

Arrivals Deaths Land migration routes Maritime migration routes

Arrival figures refer to maritime arrivals only. Estimates based on data from respective governments and IOM field offices.

ARRIVAL POINTS THROUGH EUROPE (7 to 13 January 2016) Hungary 73

Slovenia

11,975 Croatia

12,953

Serbia 9,832

former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

8,552

Greece 13,372 All numbers are estimates of newly arrived migrants, including refugees as of 13/01/16 Names and boundaries on maps do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by IOM.

(Land and Sea)

Recap of Arrivals 2015 (1 January to 31 December 2015)

Country

Sea

Land

Total

Greece Bulgaria Italy Spain Malta Cyprus

853,650 153,842 3,845 106 269

4,958 31,174 -

858,608 31,174 153,842 3,845 106 269

TOTAL

1,011,712

36,132

1,047,844

Migration Flows Europe is an initiative of IOM’s Preparedness and Response Division (PRD) /Department of Operations and Emergencies (DOE)

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GLOBAL OVERVIEW: 122 MIGRANT DEATHS IN 2016 (est.)

11

Europe Deaths NORTH AMERICA

59 Deaths

Mediterranean

US/Mexico Border

Caribbean

East Asia

Sahara &

Central

Deaths

North Africa

America

Deaths

ASIA

Horn of Africa

16 SOUTH AMERICA

36

South-East Asia

Sub-Saharan Africa

Oceania

AUSTRALIA

5,394 fatalities in 2015 Missing Migrants Project Tracking deaths along migratory routes worldwide

MIGRANT FATALITIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN 3,772 1,244 346

12

82 59*

Jan

24

Feb

864 329

616

318

50

Apr

Mar

684

417

Jun

110

126

10

May

95

205 59*

22

Jul

Aug

2016 2015 2014

813 268

230

95

10 77

3,279

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec *Running total to 14 Jan

Deaths between 1 to 14 January 2016

Regions Mediterranean Horn of Africa Central America Europeb

Deaths a 59 36 16 11

TOTAL

122

Missing Migrants Project Missing Migrants Project is a global database tracking data on deceased and missing migrants along migratory routes. Download a copy of Fatal Journeys: Tracking Lives Lost During Migration from the IOM bookstore: publications.iom.int

Legend: (a) Figures refer to documented instances and potentially depict only a small share of the actual number thus representing a base minimum. (b) Includes deaths in Central Europe, Southeastern Europe, and Western Europe. All numbers are estimates based on data from respective governments and IOM field offices as 14/1/16.

Missing Migrants Project is a joint initiative of IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) and Media and Communications Division (MCD)

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