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Arrivals
This week, no people arrived on the Aegean islands, a decrease from last week’s 33 arrivals and from last year’s 955 arrivals during the same period.
The average daily arrivals on all islands this week equaled 0, compared to 5 in the previous week.
Present Population on the Islands
Some 32,100 refugees and asylum-seekers reside on the Aegean islands. The majority of the population on the Aegean islands are from Afghanistan (50%), Syria (18%) and Somalia (6%).
Women account for 22% of the population, and children for 33% of whom nearly 7 out of 10 are younger than 12 years old. Approximately 13% of the children are unaccompanied or separated, mainly from Afghanistan.