Europe — Mixed Migration Flows to Europe, Monthly Overview (December 2016)

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Contact
DTM Mediterranean, DTMMediterranean@iom.int
Language
English
Location
Period Covered
Dec 01 2016
Jan 11 2017
Activity
  • Flow Monitoring

Until 31 December 2016, there were 181,463 cumulative arrivals in Italy, compared to 153,842 arrivals recorded by the end of 2015. In contrast to that, Greece has seen a 79% decrease in arrivals 2016 when compared to 2015, 176,654 and 857,363 respectively. According to available data, there have been 1,202 new arrivals to Greece, Italy and Bulgaria, as countries of first arrival since the beginning of 2017. The total number of migrants and refugees stranded in Greece and in the Western Balkans is 75,711.