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Italy Sea Arrivals Dashboard (January - October 2016)

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159,427 Sea arrivals Jan-Oct 2016
140,987 Sea arrivals Jan-Oct 2015

Between 1 January and 30 October 2016, 159,427 persons arrived to Italy by sea, compared to 140,987 sea arrivals in the first ten months of 2015. This represents a 13% increase compared to last year.
October arrivals this year (27,384) are higher than numbers recorded over the same period of 2015 (8,916) and 2014 (15,279). Last year, monthly arrivals had peaked in July, then slowly decreased to year’s end. In 2014, a peak in sea arrivals was observed in September, with numbers decreasing from October onward. In 2016, the highest number of monthly sea arrivals was registered in October, following a considerable decrease in September. UNHCR is investigating factors that could have led to the surge of arrivals in October.