MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The number of migrants and asylum seekers registered in Greece since the beginning of the year has reached 54,574, the Greek migration agency's central coordinating body said Wednesday.
Most of the migrants, or some 29,000 people, are in Northern Greece, of whom 9,183 are being housed at the Idomeni camp, the body was quoted by the Ekathimerini news portal as saying. The Aegean islands in eastern Greece are hosting 8,549 migrants and refugees.
Greece is one of the most popular transit routes used by refugees from Middle East and Northern Africa to reach properous Northern Europe. More than 1.8 million migrants arrived in the European Union in 2015.
