A total of 103 thousand 175 migrants arrived in the Mediterranean Sea to Europe so far this year,
While two thousand and 357 were found dead in these waters, an official report shows today.
According to the latest report of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which includes figures from 1 January to 12 July, Italy, the central Mediterranean route, is identified as the country with the highest number of arrivals, 86 thousand 121, which surpasses the 78 thousand 255 of the same period of the previous year.
In second place is Greece, Eastern Mediterranean route, with 9,723 immigrants, drastically reduced compared to 158 thousand 938 registered in that period of 2016 resulting, according to observers, an agreement between the European Union and Turkey, As well as the closure of the Balkan route.
With regard to the loss of human life, the UN Migration Body reported that 2,186 occurred in the central Mediterranean towards the Italian coast and only 37 in the eastern Mediterranean, on the way from Turkish territory to the Hellenic islands by The Aegean Sea.
Spain, on the route of the western Mediterranean, was placed in third place with the arrival at its beaches of 6 973 irregular migrants and the death of 114, which compared to the 2 476 that landed there and the 87 who died in the first months of 2016, shows a significant increase.
SOURCE: Prensa Latina
