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Mediterranean Update Migration Flows Europe: Arrivals and Fatalities

Spain Arrivals

11,000

Arrivals 143,886

Malta

Greece

Land migration routes Maritime migration routes

Italy

Arrival data refers to sea arrivals. 16/3/16

154,886 arrivals by sea in 2016

467 dead/missing in 2016

published 10:00 CET 18 March

1,011,712 arrivals in 2015

Deaths 100

Deaths 362

Arrival points through Europe (9 to 16 March 2016)

Cyprus

Comparison of monthly Mediterranean sea arrivals

Greece

5,293

(Sea arrivals )

Serbia

0

Arrival points data are estimates of newly arrived migrants, including refugees.

Hungary

638 Slovenia

3

former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia

0

Croatia

3

Jan Feb Mar Apr May

6,834

27,936 39,110

Jun

54,223

Jul

78,085

Aug Sept Oct

163,563

220,579

154,467

Nov

118,379

Dec

5,000

2015

2016 130,450

67,193

Italy 2015

Greece 2015

3,528

1,472

4,354

2,480

2,283

6,583

16,063

11,873

21,221

17,889

22,905

31,318

23,186

54,899

22,607

107,843

15,924

147,639

8,916

211,663

3,218

151,249

9,637

108,742

8,866

62,262

* 1 to 16 March

Italy

1,508

Bulgaria

112

25,431*

Deaths 5

Global overview: 637 migrant deaths in 2016 (est.)

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18 Deaths

NORTH

AMERICA

ASIA

AUSTRALIA

Caribbean

Central

America 4

Deaths

Mediterranean

Horn of

Africa South-East

Asia

467 Deaths

Deaths between 1 January - 16 March 2016

Regions Deaths a Mediterranean 467

Horn of Africa 36

South-East Asia 35

South America 25

Europeb 18

US/Mexico Border 16

Sub-Saharan Africa 14

Middle East 13

Sahara & North Africa 8

Central America 4

Caribbean 1

Total 626

5,394 fatalities in 2015

Missing Migrants Project

Tracking deaths along migratory routes worldwide

(a) Figures refer to documented instances and potentially depict only a small share of the

actual number thus representing a base minimum.

(b) Includes deaths in Central Europe, Southeastern Europe, and Western Europe.

All numbers are estimates based on data from respective governments and IOM field offices as 16/3/16. Names and boundaries on maps do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by IOM.

Sahara &

North Africa

36 Deaths

Europe

Sub-Saharan

Africa

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Missing Migrants Project

50

14 Deaths

US/Mexico

Border

16 Deaths

14 Deaths

35 Deaths

Comparison of monthly Mediterranean fatalities

467*

* Running total to 16 March

South

America

25 Deaths

Middle

East

13 Deaths 1

Death 8 Deaths

49*