Over one million refugees and migrants reach Europe in 2015

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has announced that the number of refugees and migrants who reached Europe this year has exceeded one million.

Izvor: Tanjug

Tuesday, 22.12.2015.

11:23

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Over one million refugees and migrants reach Europe in 2015

The IOM's figure referring to Monday stood at 1,005,504. These migrants and refugees arrived in Europe via Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, Malta, and Cyprus.

Most - about 800,000 - reached Greece by sea, via Turkey.

Half of those crossing were from Syria, 20 percent were from Afghanistan and seven percent from Iraq, the IOM said, according the the British broadcaster.

3,695 refugees and migrants have either drowned or remain listed as missing.

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