The UN refugee agency UNHCR is planning for arrivals to continue at a similar rate in 2016, but IOM spokesman Joel Millman said it was impossible to forecast future numbers.
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The total number of refugees entering Europe by land or sea has reached more than one million this year. In addition, IOM estimates that over 34,000 have crossed from Turkey into Bulgaria and Greece by land. Afghans accounted for 20 per cent and Iraqis for seven per cent. At least 3,692 migrants died this year during the voyage, the IMO says, and a growing number of the fatalities are among children or infants.
The partially deflated boat at St. James’s Church in the Piccadilly neighborhood was used earlier this year to carry 62 migrants from Turkey to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
Greece took in more than 820,000 people this year, with the majority crossing by boat from Turkey across the Aegean Sea.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel had chose to let all Syrians enter the country, a decision that was condemned by other European leaders who feared that it would attract even more migrants.
The UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres last week, called for “massive resettlement” of Syrian and other refugees within Europe, for distributing many hundreds of thousands of people before the continent’s asylum system crumbled.
This marked a slight decline from 2014, when 170,000 people landed in Italy after crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa.
At least ten refugees, including five children, have drowned when their boat sank off the Greek Aegean island of Farmakonissi.
In an effort to stanch the flow, the European Union, which is facing its biggest refugee crisis since World War II, has earmarked $3.2 billion for Turkey to deal with migrants in its territory. Its neighbour, Greece, which is a gateway to the European Union, is also trying to rebuff criticism that it has done too little to manage the people arriving on its shores.
The Rev. Lucy Winkett said Tuesday it is important for the church to reach out to all people “who are experiencing displacement and danger” as Christians mark the birth of Christ.
Asked if he would consider reaching out to political leaders stoking anti-immigrant sentiment in Europe and the US, Swing said: “We may have to”.
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Meanwhile, because of the winter conditions, there has been a decrease in the number of migrants who are seeking to travel to Europe by risky sea journeys.
