Europe: Displacement Snapshot
Unclassified
U.S. Department of State [email protected] http://hiu.state.gov
Europe: Displacement Snapshot
H U M A N I TA R I A N I N F O R M AT I O N U N I T
Asylum seekers and other migrants are arriving in Europe and encountering rapidly changing border controls as they seek transit through Europe. The EU is implementing its “hotspot” approach for new arrival registration in Italy and Greece. This is a snapshot of the situation based on available unclassified data as of March 4, 2016.
Schengen country
FINLAND
N O RWAY Ba ltic Sea
ESTONIA
North Sea
RUSSIA
LITHUANIA RUS.
UNI T ED K ING D OM
IRELAND
BELARUS
NETH. BELGIUM
POLAND GERMANY
LUX.
Since the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, France has implemented temporary border controls.
SLOVAKIA LIECH.
FRANCE
AUSTRIA
SWITZ.
MOL.
HUNG ARY
ROMANIA
SLO.
Bay of Biscay
CROATIA
I TA LY
PORT.
UKRAINE
CZECH REPUBLIC
SPAIN
Western 72 Mediterranean
There have been over 420 migrant fatalities in the Mediterranean in 2016, in addition to at least 3,770 migrant fatalities in 2015.
Tyrrhenia n Sea
TUNISIA
BOS. & HERZ.
ALBANIA
As part of the European Agenda on Migration, the European Commission proposed in September 2015 to establish a common EU list of “safe countries of origin” defined in accordance with international and EU law.
GEORGIA ARMENIA
TURKE Y
GREECE
IRAN
MALTA Central Mediterranean 2,989
Med iterra nea n Sea
Eastern Mediterranean 1,127
MOROCCO
LEB.
ISRAEL
A L G E R I A L I B Y A Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative
S Y RIA
CYPRUS
EGYPT
IR AQ
JORDAN
SAUDI ARABIA
100,000
150,000
1,200,000
200,000
2015 1,256,165
Ukraine Nigeria Eritrea Pakistan
250,000
Kosovo Afghanistan Iraq
*Relocation mechanism applies to nationals who have an average EU-wide asylum recognition rate equal to or higher than 75%. Currently, Syrians, Iraqis, and Eritreans fit these criteria.
COUNTRY Proposed common EU safe country of origin
MACE.
2016 asylum applications to EU 139,590
Additional applications Jan.-Feb. 2016*
EU
EU recognition rate for first time asylum applicants, Q4 2015*
Black Sea
BULG AR IA
Younger 65 and than 14 14-17 18-34 35-64 over* *65 and over category not discernable
50,000
RUSSIA
MONT. KOS.
First time asylum applications to EU as of Feb. 2016
Syria
*Arrows do not reflect size of migration flows. **Type of border control implemented varies by country. † Limiting entry to Syrian and Iraqi nationals. Croatia also allows entry to Palestinians. †† Fences do not span entire borders.
SERBIA
Female Male
Afghanistan
Border fences under construction†† Identified European Union hotspot Migrant fatalities in the Mediterranean in 2015 and 2016, as of March 2, 2016
L AT V IA
DENMARK
Iraq RUSSIA
Countries implementing restrictions based on nationality† Temporary Schengen border controls** Enhanced border controls (non-Schengen)** Border fences built††
Top countries of origin
gender of first time asylum applicants, from Jan. through Dec. 2015.
Kosovo
Other migration route*
SWEDEN
Demographic breakdown for top countries of origin by age and
Albania
Predominant migration route*
Recognitions
Sea arrivals to Greece as of Mar. 1, 2016
Rejections
Kosovo
Pakistan
75% of total applicants
Albania Syria
Other
900,000
2016 sea arrivals to Greece 143,205
Participation in EU emergency relocation mechanism
Malta Cyprus Estonia Slovenia Ireland Luxembourg Lithuania Slovakia Latvia Croatia Hungary Bulgaria Switzerland Norway Austria Finland CzechRepublic Belgium Sweden Portugal Romania Netherlands Poland Spain France Germany
Albania
Iraq
Iraq
Afghan.
In September 2015, the European Commission decided by majority vote to relocate 160,000 asylum seekers from Greece and Italy* to other European states over the next two years.
2015 856,723
Afghan.
Greece
600,000
As of March 11, 2016, 19 Member States have made 6,945 of the pledged 160,000 places available, and have relocated 368 of 39,600 asylum seekers from Italy and 569 of 66,400 asylum seekers from Greece.
Other
2016 sea arrivals to Italy 9,495
Relocation pledges remaining Relocation pledges made into available places *Sweden has asked to become a beneficiary of the relocation mechanism to relocate Sweden asylum seekers, although numbers have not yet been determined.
2015 153,842 300,000
**The chart reflects 102,000 asylum seekers that Member States have so far agreed to relocate amongst themselves.
Guinea Côte d’Ivoire Morocco Mali Senegal Sudan The Gambia Somalia
Source: European Commission
5,000
Sources: Council of European Union, European Commission, Eurostat, FRONTEX, IOM, UNHCR, Press reporting
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
Italy
Sea arrivals to Italy as of Feb. 27, 2016 Nigeria Eritrea
Syria
Syria
*Not all Member States have provided data for 2016
March 15, 2016 - 1364 STATE (HIU)
U.S. Department of State [email protected] http://hiu.state.gov
Europe: Displacement Snapshot
H U M A N I TA R I A N I N F O R M AT I O N U N I T
Asylum seekers and other migrants are arriving in Europe and encountering rapidly changing border controls as they seek transit through Europe. The EU is implementing its “hotspot” approach for new arrival registration in Italy and Greece. This is a snapshot of the situation based on available unclassified data as of March 4, 2016.
Schengen country
FINLAND
N O RWAY Ba ltic Sea
ESTONIA
North Sea
RUSSIA
LITHUANIA RUS.
UNI T ED K ING D OM
IRELAND
BELARUS
NETH. BELGIUM
POLAND GERMANY
LUX.
Since the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, France has implemented temporary border controls.
SLOVAKIA LIECH.
FRANCE
AUSTRIA
SWITZ.
MOL.
HUNG ARY
ROMANIA
SLO.
Bay of Biscay
CROATIA
I TA LY
PORT.
UKRAINE
CZECH REPUBLIC
SPAIN
Western 72 Mediterranean
There have been over 420 migrant fatalities in the Mediterranean in 2016, in addition to at least 3,770 migrant fatalities in 2015.
Tyrrhenia n Sea
TUNISIA
BOS. & HERZ.
ALBANIA
As part of the European Agenda on Migration, the European Commission proposed in September 2015 to establish a common EU list of “safe countries of origin” defined in accordance with international and EU law.
GEORGIA ARMENIA
TURKE Y
GREECE
IRAN
MALTA Central Mediterranean 2,989
Med iterra nea n Sea
Eastern Mediterranean 1,127
MOROCCO
LEB.
ISRAEL
A L G E R I A L I B Y A Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative
S Y RIA
CYPRUS
EGYPT
IR AQ
JORDAN
SAUDI ARABIA
100,000
150,000
1,200,000
200,000
2015 1,256,165
Ukraine Nigeria Eritrea Pakistan
250,000
Kosovo Afghanistan Iraq
*Relocation mechanism applies to nationals who have an average EU-wide asylum recognition rate equal to or higher than 75%. Currently, Syrians, Iraqis, and Eritreans fit these criteria.
COUNTRY Proposed common EU safe country of origin
MACE.
2016 asylum applications to EU 139,590
Additional applications Jan.-Feb. 2016*
EU
EU recognition rate for first time asylum applicants, Q4 2015*
Black Sea
BULG AR IA
Younger 65 and than 14 14-17 18-34 35-64 over* *65 and over category not discernable
50,000
RUSSIA
MONT. KOS.
First time asylum applications to EU as of Feb. 2016
Syria
*Arrows do not reflect size of migration flows. **Type of border control implemented varies by country. † Limiting entry to Syrian and Iraqi nationals. Croatia also allows entry to Palestinians. †† Fences do not span entire borders.
SERBIA
Female Male
Afghanistan
Border fences under construction†† Identified European Union hotspot Migrant fatalities in the Mediterranean in 2015 and 2016, as of March 2, 2016
L AT V IA
DENMARK
Iraq RUSSIA
Countries implementing restrictions based on nationality† Temporary Schengen border controls** Enhanced border controls (non-Schengen)** Border fences built††
Top countries of origin
gender of first time asylum applicants, from Jan. through Dec. 2015.
Kosovo
Other migration route*
SWEDEN
Demographic breakdown for top countries of origin by age and
Albania
Predominant migration route*
Recognitions
Sea arrivals to Greece as of Mar. 1, 2016
Rejections
Kosovo
Pakistan
75% of total applicants
Albania Syria
Other
900,000
2016 sea arrivals to Greece 143,205
Participation in EU emergency relocation mechanism
Malta Cyprus Estonia Slovenia Ireland Luxembourg Lithuania Slovakia Latvia Croatia Hungary Bulgaria Switzerland Norway Austria Finland CzechRepublic Belgium Sweden Portugal Romania Netherlands Poland Spain France Germany
Albania
Iraq
Iraq
Afghan.
In September 2015, the European Commission decided by majority vote to relocate 160,000 asylum seekers from Greece and Italy* to other European states over the next two years.
2015 856,723
Afghan.
Greece
600,000
As of March 11, 2016, 19 Member States have made 6,945 of the pledged 160,000 places available, and have relocated 368 of 39,600 asylum seekers from Italy and 569 of 66,400 asylum seekers from Greece.
Other
2016 sea arrivals to Italy 9,495
Relocation pledges remaining Relocation pledges made into available places *Sweden has asked to become a beneficiary of the relocation mechanism to relocate Sweden asylum seekers, although numbers have not yet been determined.
2015 153,842 300,000
**The chart reflects 102,000 asylum seekers that Member States have so far agreed to relocate amongst themselves.
Guinea Côte d’Ivoire Morocco Mali Senegal Sudan The Gambia Somalia
Source: European Commission
5,000
Sources: Council of European Union, European Commission, Eurostat, FRONTEX, IOM, UNHCR, Press reporting
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
Italy
Sea arrivals to Italy as of Feb. 27, 2016 Nigeria Eritrea
Syria
Syria
*Not all Member States have provided data for 2016
March 15, 2016 - 1364 STATE (HIU)
