International Organization for Migration

A total of 55,528 migrants and refugees have crossed the Mediterranean into Europe during the first 28 days of the year, according to estimates of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

A total of 23,664 migrants arrived in Europe by sea in the first 14 days of the year, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has announced.

The total number translates into an average daily of about 1,700.

The first 14 days of 2016 also saw the year's first 59 fatalities in the Mediterranean between Libya and Italy, the IOM said.

Forty-six migrants or refugees have been reported dead or missing in the Mediterranean in the first six days of 2016, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported.

More than 3,770 migrants and refugees died in 2015 trying to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean Sea, making the year the deadliest on record for those seeking sanctuary from conflict and poverty, an international migration group said on Dec. 31, 2015. 

At least 20 migrants, including eleven children, drowned when their overloaded boat sank in the Aegean Sea early yesterday while heading for the Greek island of Lesbos.

The wooden boat capsized in high waves two miles off the Bademli coast in the Aegean, Do?an News Agency reported.

18 migrants, including six children, drowned when their overloaded boat sank in the Aegean Sea early Dec. 24 while heading for the Greek island of Lesbos.

The wooden boat capsized in high waves two miles off the Bademli coast in the Aegean, Do?an News Agency reported.

At least 10 migrants including five children died early Dec. 23 when their boat sank near the Greek Aegean island of Farmakonissi, the national ANA news agency said.

The number of migrants and refugees who have arrived in Europe in 2015 surpassed one million.

Last week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) had estimated that their number will certainly surpass one million by the end of the year and this was confirmed on Monday.

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

They reached the continent by land and sea, BBC is reporting on Tuesday.

A total of 990,671 migrants and refugees have entered Europe in 2015 from Africa and the Middle East by a combination of irregular land and sea routes, the International organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday.