Mediterranean Update 5 February 2016

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Mediterranean Update Migration Flows Europe: Arrivals and Fatalities

Spain Arrivals

5,898 Arrivals 68,778

Malta

Greece

Arrivals

Deaths Land migration routes Maritime migration routes

Italy

Arrival figures refer to maritime arrivals only. Estimates based on data

from respective governments and IOM field offices.

74,676 arrivals by sea in 2016

374 dead/missing in 2016

as of 10:00 CET 5 February

1,011,712 arrivals in 2015

Deaths 90

Deaths 284

Arrival points through Europe (28 January to 3 February 2016)

Cyprus

Comparison of monthly Mediterranean sea arrivals

Greece

16,732

(Sea arrivals )

Serbia

9,687

All numbers are estimates of newly arrived migrants, including asylum seekers as of 3/2/16

Hungary

181 Slovenia

12,262

former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia

148

Croatia

12,107

Jan Feb Mar Apr May

6,834 27,936

39,110

Jun

54,223

Jul

78,085

Aug Sept Oct

163,563

220,579

154,467

Nov

118,379

Dec

5,000

2015 total

2016 total 130,450

67,193

Italy 2015

Greece 2015

3,528

1,472

4,354

2,480

2,283

6,583

16,063

11,873

21,221

17,889

22,905

31,318

23,186

54,899

22,607

107,843

15,924

147,639

8,916

211,663

3,218

151,249

9,637

108,742

8,866 7,483*

* 1 to 4 February

GLOBAL OVERVIEW: 491 MIGRANT DEATHS IN 2016 (est.)

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NORTH

AMERICA

SOUTH

AMERICA

ASIA

AUSTRALIA

Caribbean

Central

America

16 Deaths

Mediterranean

Horn of

Africa South-East

Asia

East

Asia

374 Deaths

Deaths between 1 January - 4 February 2016

Regions Deaths a Mediterranean 374

Horn of Africa 36

South-East Asia 35

Central America 16

Sub-Saharan Africa 14

Europeb 15

US/Mexico Border 1

TOTAL 491

5,394 fatalities in 2015

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Legend:

(a) Figures refer to documented instances and potentially depict only a small share of the

actual number thus representing a base minimum.

(b) Includes deaths in Central Europe, Southeastern Europe, and Western Europe.

All numbers are estimates based on data from respective governments and IOM field offices as 4/2/16. Names and boundaries on maps do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by IOM.

Sahara &

North Africa 36 Deaths

15 Deaths Europe

Sub-

Saharan

Africa Oceania

2015

Jan Feb Mar Apr May

82

12 24

346

10 61 50

1,244

329

95

3,279

3,770

Jun

10

318

Jul

864

230

616 686

Aug Sept

432

813

Oct

268 126 106

Nov

22

2014

*Running total to 4 Feb

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210

Dec

95

2016

374* 368

14 Deaths

US/Mexico

Border

1 Deaths

14 Deaths

35 Deaths

6

Comparison of monthly Mediterranean fatalities