Refugee Arrivals in Greece Soar 40-Fold From Year Ago, EU Says
- Frontex says 108,000 migrants arrived in Greece in December
- About 1 million refugees came to Greece and Italy last year
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The number of migrants who arrived in Greece last month spiked to 40 times the level seen in December 2014, according to Frontex, the European Union’s border agency, underscoring the scale of human movement under way between the Middle East and the EU.
Greece saw 108,000 refugees arrive over the course of last month, bringing the total number in 2015 to 880,000, according to data the agency published on Friday. In addition, 157,000 arrived on Italy’s shores last year. The coast guard said on Friday that 34 migrants drowned when their wooden sailing boat sank off the coast of the Greek island of Kalolimnos, Kathimerini reported.