Mediterranean Update Migration Flows Europe: Arrivals and Fatalities 160,547 arrivals by sea in 2016 488 dead/missing published 10:00 CET 22 March 1,011,712 arrivals in 2015
Italy
Spain
Arrivals 13,110
Deaths 5
Greece
Arrivals 147,437
Deaths 117
Deaths 366
Malta
Cyprus
Land migration routes Maritime migration routes
Arrival data refers to sea arrivals 20/3/16
Arrival points through Europe (10 to 17 March 2016) Hungary 675
Slovenia 0 Croatia 0
Italy 2,416
Serbia 0 former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 0
Bulgaria 112
Greece 5,172 (Sea arrivals ) Arrival points data are estimates of newly arrived migrants, including refugees.
Comparison of monthly Mediterranean sea arrivals 220,579 130,450 67,193 5,000
62,262
6,834
54,223
31,092* 27,936 8,866
Jan
Feb
Mar
3,528 1,472
4,354 2,480
2,283 6,583
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Apr
154,467
163,563
118,379
78,085
2016 2015
39,110 * 1 to 20 March
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
3,218 9,637 16,063 21,221 22,905 23,186 22,607 15,924 8,916 11,873 17,889 31,318 54,899 107,843 147,639 211,663 151,249 108,742
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Global overview: 659 migrant deaths in 2016 (est.)
NORTH AMERICA
18
488
Europe
Deaths
Deaths
US/Mexico
1
Border
8
Death
17
Deaths
Caribbean
Deaths
Central
4
13 Mediterranean
Sahara & North Africa
America
Deaths
Middle East
ASIA
36 Horn of Africa
35
Deaths
South-East Asia
Deaths
Deaths
25
South America
Sub-Saharan Africa
14 14 Deaths Deaths
AUSTRALIA
Deaths
5,394 fatalities in 2015 Missing Migrants Project Tracking deaths along migratory routes worldwide
Comparison of monthly Mediterranean fatalities
488* 50
70* * Running total to 21 March
Deaths between 1 January - 21 March 2016
Regions Mediterranean Horn of Africa South-East Asia South America Europeb US/Mexico Border Sub-Saharan Africa Middle East Sahara & North Africa Central America Caribbean Total
Deaths a 488 36 35 25 18 17 14 13 8 4 1 659
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