Migrant crisis: Over one million reach Europe by sea


Wednesday, December 30th 2015

refugees on sea

Brussels – More than one million refugees and migrants have reached Europe by sea since the start of 2015, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) says.


More than 80% of the 1,000,573 people arrived in Greece, with the majority landing on Lesbos island, it said.

About 844,000 travelled to Greece from nearby Turkey. Most of the others – over 150,000 – crossed the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy.

The migrant crisis is Europe’s worst since World War Two.

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