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Mediterranean Migrants: Latest Developments
Greece - IOM Greece is reporting that a boat carrying some 20 migrants capsized this morning off the Greek island of Kos, leaving nine migrants dead. Two of the victims were children aged seven and 14. Seven people were rescued.
“The Hellenic Coast Guard has recovered nine bodies, but four others may be missing and search operations are continuing,’’ said Kelly Namia, an IOM Athens spokesperson.
Tuesday’s tragedy brings to at least 562 the number of migrant and refugee fatalities in the Eastern Mediterranean this year. It brings to 3,515 the total of all migrant and refugee fatalities across all sea-borne routes to Europe in 2015.
IOM notes that the nearly 600 drownings off the coasts of Greece and Turkey so far this year equal the total number of all deaths in the Mediterranean in 2013. This year’s death toll already has surpassed the 3,279 that IOM’s Missing Migrants project recorded for all of 2014.
Migrant flows from Turkey to the Greek islands have remained high over the past two weeks with over 70,000 migrants and refugees arriving in Greece since the beginning of November, according to IOM estimates.
The highest monthly number of arrivals in Greece this year was in October, when 214,000 people arrived on Greece’s beaches. This compares to 31,318 in June, 65,998 in July, 108,248 in August and 147,671 in September.
Recent weeks have also seen a shift away from the small, plastic boats used by smugglers during the calmer summer months to larger, wooden fishing vessels. These can carry 100 people at a time.
According IOM’s Early Warning Information Sharing Network, which covers Greece and the Western Balkans, the number people crossing Greece’s border with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) in the first ten days of November decreased by 30 per cent compared to the previous ten days, when 66,200 crossings were recorded.
This was largely due to the strikes on shipping routes which stopped migrants leaving the islands for the mainland. But the Idomeni transit camp at the border is still operating beyond its capacity.
According to IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Flow Monitoring System for the period 2-9 November, 51 per cent of the migrants crossing the border were adult males, 18 per cent women and 31 per cent children. The majority claimed to be Syrians, followed by Afghans and Iraqis.
For the latest Mediterranean Update data on arrivals and fatalities please visit: http://migration.iom.int/europe
For further information please contact IOM Greece. Daniel Esdras, Tel: +30.2109912174, Email: iomathens@iom.int or Kelly Namia, Tel: +30.2109919040, +30.2109912174, Email: knamia@iom.int
Mediterranean Developments
Arrivals by sea and deaths in the Mediterranean: 1 Jan. – 16 Nov. 2015
Country of Arrival |
Arrivals |
Deaths |
Italy |
142,484 (IOM est.) |
2,870 (Central Med route) |
Malta |
106 |
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Greece |
685,758 |
562 (Eastern Med route) |
Spain |
3,845 |
82 (Western Med and Western African routes) |
Estimated Total |
832,193 |
3,514 * |
Arrivals estimates based on data from respective governments and IOM field offices.
* As of 14 November figures for Greece derived from new and updated data collected by IOM staff in Greece and Greek authorities (1/1/2015 – 15/11/2015). Data for Italy as of 30 October is based on the information circulated by the Italian Ministry of Interior (MoI). Arrivals from 1 November onwards are IOM estimates. Data for Spain is until 15 October 2015, while data for Malta is until 27 October.
Arrivals BY SEA TO Italy
1 January – 16 November 2015 |
142,484 * |
*Data as of 30 October based on the information circulated by the Italian MoI. Arrivals from 1 November onwards are IOM estimates.
· Two landings took place since our last report. On the 14th of November, 407 migrants rescued in four different operations were brought to Catania, and 300 to Pozzallo.
Ø October 2015: Total 8,916 (Data provided by Italian MoI)
Ø November 2015: Total 1,497 (IOM estimate as of 16 November)
· 2014 Total: 170,100 arrived in Italy
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Arrivals by sea to Italy |
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2014 |
2015 |
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January |
2,171 |
3,528 |
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February |
3,335 |
4,354 |
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March |
5,459 |
2,283 |
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April |
15,679 |
16,063 |
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May |
14,599 |
21,221 |
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June |
22,641 |
22,905 |
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July |
24,031 |
23,186 |
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August |
24,774 |
22,607 |
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September |
26,107 |
15,922 |
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October |
15,393 |
8,916 |
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TOTAL |
154,189 |
140,987 |
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Arrivals by sea to Italy - Main Countries of Origin |
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Main Countries of Origin |
2014 |
2015 |
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Eritrea |
32,537 |
37,796 |
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Nigeria |
6,951 |
19,576 |
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Somalia |
4,113 |
11,020 |
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Sudan |
2,370 |
8,692 |
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Syria |
32,681 |
7,232 |
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Gambia |
6,179 |
6,759 |
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Total: All Countries of Origin |
154,189 |
140,987 |
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Arrivals BY SEA TO GREECE
1 January – 15 November 2015 |
685,758* |
* Unofficial data regarding exclusively so-called “blue” borders, derived from data collected by IOM staff in Greece and the Greek authorities (1/1/2015-15/11/2015.)
Ø 5,287 arrivals have been registered on 15 November. Numbers are not the actual daily arrivals, but the number of migrants who have officially been recorded by the Greek authorities after their arrival. This procedure may take a few days.
Ø Main landing points: the islands of Lesvos, Kos, Samos, Rhodes, Kalymnos, Megisti, Leros and Chios.
Ø IOM staff is present in the islands of Crete, Samos, Kos and Lesvos, working closely with authorities to identify vulnerable migrants including unaccompanied minors, elderly migrants, migrants with medical needs and families with children. Vulnerable groups are referred to authorities in order to be provided with the necessary care.
· 2014 Totals: 34,442 arrived by sea to Greece between 1 Jan. -31 Dec. 2014.
Ø September 2015: Total 147,671
Ø October 2015: Total 217,936
Arrivals by sea to GREECE January – October 2015 |
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Main Countries of Origin |
Tot. |
Syria |
388,130 |
Afghanistan |
142,301 |
Iraq |
44,349 |
Pakistan |
17,881 |
Iran |
10,286 |
Total: All Countries of Origin |
608,325 |
For further information, please contact Flavio Di Giacomo at IOM Italy, Tel: +39 347 089 8996, Email: fdigiacomo@iom.intor IOM Greece. Daniel Esdras, Tel: +30 210 9912174, Email: iomathens@iom.int or Kelly Namia, Tel: +302109919040, +302109912174, Email: knamia@iom.int