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Over 260,000 Migrants Arrive in Europe Via Mediterranean Sea Since Start of 2016

© AP PhotoOfficers of the Irish Navy ship Le Eithne rescue migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.
Officers of the Irish Navy ship Le Eithne rescue migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. - Sputnik International
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According to the International Organization for Migration, as many as 3,176 migrants have died while trying to reach Europe since the beginning of the year.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — More than 260,000 migrants have arrived in Europe via the Mediterranean Sea since the beginning of 2016, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday.

"IOM reports that 263,636 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2016 through 7 August, arriving mostly in Greece and Italy," the statement reads, adding that Italy alone saw 24,000 migrants and refugee in July.

German police officers standing in front of migrants waiting to cross the border from Austria to Germany near Freilassing, Germany September 17, 2015. - Sputnik International
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According to IOM, as many as 3,176 migrants have died while trying to reach Europe since the beginning of the year.

The migration agency recalled that 1,241 migrants were rescued in the Channel of Sicily since last Friday.

Europe has been beset by a massive refugee crisis, with hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants fleeing their crisis-torn countries in the Middle East and North Africa to escape violence and poverty. The majority of them cross the Mediterranean Sea and arrive in the European Union using southern EU nations as transit points.

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