Mediterranean Update 22 January 2016

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Mediterranean Update Migration Flows Europe: Arrivals and Fatalities 36,899 arrivals by sea in 2016 113 dead/missing in 2016 as of 10:00 CET 22 January 1,011,712 arrivals in 2015

Italy

Spain

Arrivals 950

Greece

Arrivals 35,949 Deaths 18

Deaths 95

Malta

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 (14 to 20 January 2016)

Slovenia

Hungary 142

142 Serbia 12,573

Greece 35,949 All numbers are estimates of newly arrived migrants, including refugees as of 20/01/16 Names and boundaries on maps do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by IOM.

(Sea arrivals ) 1 to 21 January

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

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GLOBAL OVERVIEW: 193 MIGRANT DEATHS IN 2016 (est.)

13

Europe Deaths NORTH AMERICA

113 Deaths

Mediterranean

US/Mexico Border

Caribbean

East Asia

Sahara &

Central

Deaths

North Africa

America

Deaths

ASIA

17 SOUTH AMERICA

36

Horn of Africa

South-East Asia

Deaths

SubSaharan

14 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

329

113*

Jan

24

Feb

3,279

864 616

318

684

813

50

Apr

Mar

10

May

110

126

95

10 77

417

268

230

Jun

95

205

113*

2016 2015 2014

22

Jul

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec *Running total to 21 Jan

Deaths between 1 to 21 January 2016

Regions Mediterranean Horn of Africa Central America Sub-Saharan Africa Europeb

Deaths a 113 36 17 14 13

TOTAL

193

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 21/1/16.

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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