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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 354,804; Deaths at Sea: 4,742

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Switzerland - IOM reports that 352,471 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2016 through 7 December, arriving mostly in Greece and Italy, compared with 933,670 through the first week of December, 2015.

Some 176,678 people have arrived by sea in Italy in 2016 – more than in either 2014 or 2015. Some 172,681 migrants and refugees arrived by sea in Greece during the same period, far fewer than in 2015.

Mediterranean Developments

Total arrivals by sea and deaths in the Mediterranean 2015-2016

See attached PDF for details.

For the latest Mediterranean Update infographic: http://migration.iom.int/docs/MMP/Mediterranean_Update_13_DEC_2016.pdf

For latest arrivals and fatalities in the Mediterranean, please visit: http://migration.iom.int/europe Learn more about the Missing Migrants Project at: http://missingmigrants.iom.int

For further information please contact:
Joel Millman at IOM Geneva, Tel: +41 79 103 8720, Email: jmillman@iom.int Flavio Di Giacomo at IOM Italy, Tel: +39 347 089 8996, Email: fdigiacomo@iom.int Sabine Schneider, IOM Germany, Tel: +49 30 278 778 17 Email: sschneider@iom.int IOM Greece: Daniel Esdras, Tel: +30 210 9912174, Email: iomathens@iom.int or Kelly Namia, Tel: +30 210 9919040, +30 210 9912174, Email: knamia@iom.int Julia Black at IOM GMDAC, Tel: +49 30 278 778 27, Email: jblack@iom.int Mazen Aboulhosn at IOM Turkey, Tel: +9031245 51202, Email: maboulhosn@iom.int IOM Libya: Othman Belbeisi, Tel: +216 29 600389, Email: obelbeisi@iom.int or Ashraf Hassan, Tel: +216297 94707, Email: ashassan@iom.int

For information or interview requests in French:
Florence Kim, OIM Genève, Tel: +41 79 103 03 42, Email: fkim@iom.int Flavio Di Giacomo, OIM Italie, Tel: +39 347 089 8996, Email: fdigiacomo@iom.int