IOM: Migrant Arrivals in Europe by Sea Reached 23,664 in First 14 Days of 2016
Greece - Migrant arrivals in Europe by sea averaged over 1,700 per day during the first 14 days of 2016, according to IOM. The period also saw the year’s first fatalities in the Mediterranean between Libya and Italy, a route that took the lives of almost 3,000 migrants and refugees in 2015.
Total fatalities recorded for migrants and refugees in the region were 59 through the year’s first two weeks, not including at least 11 people killed in two bus crashes in Turkey last week. Authorities believe the victims were customers of smugglers supervising their journey to launching points on Turkey’s coast.
Arrivals by Sea and Deaths in the Mediterranean 1 - 14 January 2016
|
Country of Arrival |
Arrivals |
Deaths |
|
Italy |
362 |
9 |
|
Malta |
0 |
|
|
Greece |
23,302 |
50 |
|
Cyprus |
0 |
|
|
Spain |
0 |
(Western Med and Western African routes) |
|
Estimated Total |
23,664 |
59 |
IOM Rome counts in its current total 105 migrants rescued at sea on Wednesday and brought to Augusta. Around 450 additional migrants were rescued at sea and will be brought to land on Friday. This last rescue operation has not been included in today’s tally.
Arrivals by Sea in Italy - January - December 2014/2015
|
2014 |
2015 |
|
|
January |
2,171 |
3,528 |
|
February |
3,335 |
4,354 |
|
March |
5,459 |
2,283 |
|
April |
15,679 |
16,063 |
|
May |
14,599 |
21,221 |
|
June |
22,641 |
22,905 |
|
July |
24,031 |
23,186 |
|
August |
24,774 |
22,607 |
|
September |
26,107 |
15,924 |
|
October |
15,393 |
8,916 |
|
November |
9,179 |
3,218 |
|
December |
6,732 |
9,637 |
|
TOTAL |
170,100 |
153,842 |
About two-thirds of last year’s 153,842 arrivals in Italy came from just six countries: Eritrea, Nigeria,Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Gambia.
Eritrea, the #1 sender, increased its contingent to 39, 162, up over 10 per cent from 2014’s total, replacing Syria as the top sending country. Syrians, who mainly travelled to Europe from Turkey, sent just 7,448 migrants and refugees via Libya, down from 42,323 in 2014. Nigeria (22,237 in 2015), Somalia (12,433) and Sudan (8,932) all doubled their contributions on the route. The Gambia, the sixth largest sender, saw its numbers decline slightly, to 8,454.
|
Arrivals by Sea in Italy - Main Countries of Origin |
|
||
|
Main Countries of Origin |
2014 |
2015 |
|
|
Eritrea |
34,329 |
39,162 |
|
|
Nigeria |
9,000 |
22,237 |
|
|
Somalia |
5,756 |
12,433 |
|
|
Sudan |
3,139 |
8,932 |
|
|
Syria |
42,323 |
7,448 |
|
|
Gambia |
8,707 |
8,454 |
|
|
Total All Countries of Origin |
170,100 |
153,842 |
|
Arrivals by Sea and Deaths in the Mediterranean
TOTAL 2015
|
Country of Arrival |
Arrivals |
Deaths |
|
Italy |
153,842 * |
2,892 |
|
Malta |
106 |
|
|
Greece |
853,650 |
805 (Eastern Med route) |
|
Cyprus |
269 |
|
|
Spain |
3,845 |
74 |
For the latest updates on migrant arrivals and fatalities in the Mediterranean please visit: http://migration.iom.int/europe
IOM’s Missing Migrants Project, which draws on a range of sources to track deaths of migrants along migratory routes worldwide, is managed by IOM's Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) in Berlin, Germany.
You can learn more and support Missing Migrants Project at: http://missingmigrants.iom.int
For further information please contact IOM Greece. Daniel Esdras, Tel: +30 210 9912174, Email: iomathens@iom.int or Kelly Namia, Tel: +302109919040, +302109912174, Email: knamia@iom.int
Or Flavio Di Giacomo at IOM Italy, Tel: +39 347 089 8996, Email: fdigiacomo@iom.int
Or IOM Geneva, Leonard Doyle, Tel: +41-792857123, Email: ldoyle@iom.int
or Joel Millman, Tel: +41-79 103 8720, Email: jmillman@iom.int