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Refugee arrivals in Europe slump but deaths up in 2016

December 18, 2016

Although the number of people arriving in the EU has dramatically dropped, the number of deaths at sea has increased.

According to the IOM, 2,124 people have been rescued from the Mediterranean so far this year [EPA/Italian Red Cross Handout]

About 350,000 migrants and refugees have arrived in the EU so far this year, a sharp decline from 2015 when more than 1 million people arrived, according to the EU border control agency.

Fabrice Leggeri, executive director of the Frontex border agency, was quoted on Saturday as saying about 180,000 people arrived via Turkey and the eastern Mediterranean, while 170,000 reached the continent across the central Mediterranean route from Libya and Egypt.

According to the IOM, 2,124 people have been rescued from the Mediterranean so far this year [EPA/Italian Red Cross Handout]
About 350,000 migrants and refugees have arrived in the EU so far this year, a sharp decline from 2015 when more than 1 million people arrived, according to the EU border control agency.

Fabrice Leggeri, executive director of the Frontex border agency, was quoted on Saturday as saying about 180,000 people arrived via Turkey and the eastern Mediterranean, while 170,000 reached the continent across the central Mediterranean route from Libya and Egypt.