The number of migrants and refugees who have entered Europe by sea and land this year has passed the 1 million mark, a long-expected but symbolically significant capstone to a year in which displaced people flocked to the continent.
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Its director general, William Lacy Swing, said it was not enough to just count the figures.
IOM says more than 800000 crossed into Greece from Turkey including more than 455000 from Syria and over 186000 from Afghanistan. The report adds 3,695 were drowned or remained missing while attempting sailing on unseaworthy boats.
Nearly all those arriving came across the Mediterranean or the Aegean Seas, and half were Syrians fleeing the war.
Migrants and refugees arrive at the Greek island of Lesbos in a small dinghy September 2015.
On Monday, the number of migrants who have crossed into Europe this year reached 1 million.
Despite the EU Turkey refugee agreement, the global organization reported that on Tuesday (15/12) almost 4,300 migrants and arrivals arrived in Greece from Turkey, with over two thirds landing on Lesvos.
Afghans and Iraqis are also migrating to Europe in large numbers.
The million-plus figure is four times the number of a year ago.
As of 21 December, some 972,500 people had crossed the Mediterranean Sea, according to UNHCR figures.
The vast majority of the arrivals from outside Europe have used the so-called Balkan corridor – a route that takes migrants from Greece, through Macedonia, Serbia, and then either Croatia and Slovenia or Hungary to Austria and Germany.
This according to the UN’s refugee agency and the International Organization for Migration – after counting arrivals by land and sea in six countries, including Greece and Italy.
IOM spokesman Joel Millman said it was impossible to forecast how the flow of migrants would evolve in 2016.
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“So much is in the balance, the resolution of the Syrian war, and the disposition of the European border protection moves that are being contemplated”, Millman reportedly said.
