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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 317,209; Deaths at Sea: 3,632
Switzerland - IOM reports that 317,209 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2016 through 12 October, arriving mostly in Greece and Italy. Some 168,427 people have arrived in Greece and 144,950 in Italy during 2016. The total is well below the number of arrivals at this point in 2015, when over 500,000 migrants and refugees had made the journey.