Eleven more refugees, including three children, died Tuesday after their wooden boat capsized in the Aegean Sea.
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“We know migration is inevitable, necessary and desirable”, said IOM Director General and added, “but it’s not enough to count the number of those arriving – or the almost 4,000 this year reported missing or drowned”. In January, 5,500 people crossed; in October, that number increased to more than 221,000.
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More than one million migrants and refugees have entered Europe this year, according to an intergovernmental organisation.
Out of a total of 10,05,504 arrivals to Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, Malta and Cyprus by 21 December, the vast majority – 816,752 – arrived by sea in Greece, according to IOM.
The shipwreck occurred off the coast of the Greek island of Farmakonisi, one of the Dodecanese islands, just eight miles from the Turkish coast.
Syrian refugees queue for food beside the highway on their way to the border between Turkey and Greece in Edirne, September 17, 2015.
Turkey, which is now playing host to at least 2.2 million Syrian refugees, is a major launch pad for migrants who are seeking better lives in the European Union member states. A report said there was little evidence of progress since Turkey signed an “action plan” with the EU. Another 20 per cent were Afghans, while Iraqis made up 7 per cent, IOM and the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said in a joint statement.
Numerous refugees arriving in Europe are Syrians fleeing a foreign-backed militancy in their country.
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The world is witnessing the worst refugee crisis since the horrors of World War II. Some 2.2 million people have fled to Turkey, where they have been prevented from entering Europe and kept in abhorrent conditions in refugee camps. Three-year-old Aylan died in September after his family, sheltering in Turkey from the war in Syria, decided to make a desperate bid to reach Greece in a flimsy inflatable boat.
