Greece - IOM monitors in the eastern Mediterranean reported this week that cold weather contributed to a sharp drop in arrivals in Greece from Turkey, although the number topped 3,350 on Wednesday, February 17th, after many days of slow movement.

During the past week, IOM has learned of a single death on this route a boy believed to be traveling with a family from Afghanistan. 

IOM unofficial data indicates that 937,241 migrants and refugees arrived between 01/01/2015 and 17/02/2016 through Greece’s maritime borders, suggesting that the figure will likely reach one million by mid-March.

Mediterranean Developments

Arrivals by sea and deaths in the Mediterranean 1 January – 18 February 2016

Data on deaths of migrants compiled by IOM GMDAC.  All numbers are minimum estimates.

ARRIVALS BY SEA IN GREECE

* Unofficial data relating to maritime borders collected by IOM staff and Greek authorities.

For the latest Mediterranean Update infographic please go to:
http://missingmigrants.iom.int/sites/default/files/Mediterranean_Update_19_February_2016_0.pdf

For latest arrivals and fatalities in the Mediterranean, please visit: http://migration.iom.int/europe   
Learn more about 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.intor Joel Millman, Tel: + 41 79 103 87 20, Email: jmillman@iom.int