Mediterranean Update Migration Flows Europe: Arrivals and Fatalities 55,528 arrivals by sea in 2016 244 dead/missing in 2016 as of 10:00 CET 29January 1,011,712 arrivals in 2015
Italy
Spain
Arrivals 3,473
Greece
Arrivals 52,055 Deaths 26
Deaths 218
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 (21 to 27January 2016) Hungary 130
Slovenia 10,204 Croatia 12,220
Serbia 11,480
former Yugoslav 12,457 Republic of Macedonia Greece 52, 055 All numbers are estimates of newly arrived migrants, including asylum seekers as of 28/01/16 Names and boundaries on maps do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by IOM.
(Sea arrivals ) 1 to 28 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: 361 MIGRANT DEATHS IN 2016 (est.)
15 NORTH AMERICA
Europe
244
Deaths
Deaths
US/Mexico
Mediterranean
ASIA
Border
1
Caribbean
Deaths
Sahara &
Central
16 Deaths
36
North Africa
America
SOUTH AMERICA
East Asia
Horn of Africa
Deaths
35
South-East Asia
Deaths
14
SubSaharan Africa
Deaths Deaths
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
329
244* 12
82
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
244*
2016 2015 2014
22
Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec *Running total to 28 Jan
Deaths between 1 to 28 January 2016
Regions Mediterranean Horn of Africa South-East Asia Central America Sub-Saharan Africa Europeb US/Mexico Border
Deaths a 244 36 35 16 14 15 1
TOTAL
361
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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 28/1/16.
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