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Countries
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Data and Analysis
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Crisis Responses
Europe — Mixed Migration Flows to Europe, Quarterly Overview (1 January — 31 March 2017)
The total number of arrivals to Europe by the end of March 2017 has been recorded as 30,465 with more than 29,000 counted as sea arrivals to Greece, Italy and Spain. This is in stark contrast to the 175,056 arrivals recorded in the same period 2016. The decrease in numbers of arrivals can be observed across many of the countries which saw the highest numbers of arrivals in 2016. In the first three months of 2017 Greek Authorities reported 4,407 arrivals compared to the 152,617 recorded in the first quarter of 2016, a 97% decrease.