Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 146,849 in 2017; Deaths

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30 January 2019

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 146,849 in 2017; Deaths Reach 2,783

Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 146,849 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 18 October, with over 75 per cent arriving in Italy.

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