Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 103,347 in 2018; Deaths Reach 2,054
Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 103,347 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2018 through 14 November. Spain topped 50,440 – more irregular arrivals to Spain through 45 weeks of 2018 than all arrivals during the past three years combined (see chart below). This marks the fifth straight year arrivals of irregular migrants…