A boat carrying 19 migrants sunk near Cesme in western Turkey on Saturday. There were eleven fatalities, eight of which were children.
found that more than 74,000 migrants arrived in Greece during 2019—almost 60,000 of which traveled by boat.
Though high, there has been a decline in the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean compared to recent years. That figure saw a peak in 2015, when more than 1,000,000 refugees were reported to have arrived in Greece, Italy or Spain., an estimated 2,275 migrants died or went missing in 2018 while making the dangerous crossing through the Mediterranean.
Only this week, the Hellenic Coast Guard in Greece announced a similar incident in the Ionian Sea near the Greek island of Paxos. Twelve bodies were recovered on Saturday after an extensive search was carried out in response to reports that a migrant ship had sunk in the area.published over the weekend, 21 people were found alive, three of which had to be transported to hospital by Navy helicopter to receive urgent medical attention.
and shows the number of refugees that have arrived in Europe via the Mediterranean over the last five years .
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