Geneva – More than 100,000 refugees and migrants have already crossed the Mediterranean to reach Southern Europe this year, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says.
The aid organisation says that year, it took until July to surpass this number.[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”70560″]
Nearly all of the refugees and migrants took boats from Turkey to Greece, while only 7,500 traveled from Northern Africa to Italy.
In February, nearly half of the arrivals in Greece came from Syria, a quarter from Afghanistan and 17 per cent from Iraq, the IOM says, citing official Greek statistics.(NAN)
