GREECE
Unclassified
U.S. Department of State [email protected] http://hiu.state.gov
Europe Migrant and Refugee Crisis:
Spotlight on Greece
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
Migration to Europe FINLAND N O RWAY
Former primary route* Schengen country
SWEDEN
Ba ltic Sea
Temporary Schengen border controls** Enhanced border controls (non-Schengen)**
ESTONIA L AT V IA
DENMARK
North Sea
Border fences (built or under construction)†
LITHUANIA RUS.
UNIT ED K ING D OM
IRELAND
NETH. BELGIUM
Since the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, France has implemented temporary border controls.
CZECH REPUBLIC LIECH.
AUSTRIA
SWITZ.
PORT.
SPAIN
St ra i t o f 5 G i b ra l ta r
HUNGARY
iati
BOS. & HERZ.
c Se a
Tyrrhenia n Sea
ALBANIA
Black Sea
BULG AR IA
MONT. KOS.
369 total 75% January
11,269 3,000 - 4,700 1,000 - 3,000 300 - 1,000 0 - 300
Lesbos
SPORADES ISLANDS
GREECE See inset
TURKE Y
Aegean Sea
Chios Izmir
Samos
Central Mediterranean 343
Leros
Med iterra nea n Sea
Kos
CYPRUS Eastern Mediterranean 366
S Y RIA LEB. IRAQ
Piraeus
Sea of Crete
Athens
DODECANESE ISLANDS
ISRAEL
Central route
1%
EGYPT
Eastern route
Western route
.3% 24%
Population size at centers
Idomeni
TURKE Y
ALGERIA
Known fatalities in the Mediterranean in 2016, by route
MACEDONIA
CYCLADES ISLANDS
GREECE
Western Mediterranean MALTA
Of the 57,812 migrants and refugees reportedly in Greece and the Balkan states, 53,063 currently are ALBANIA in Greece. Since the implementation of the EU-Turkey deal, 46 asylum seekers have been relocated from Greece, in addition to the 615 relocated since the September 2015 decision to relocate 160,000 asylum IONIAN seekers from Italy ISLANDS and Greece, and 79 Syrians have been I o n ifrom a n Turkey Sea resettled to European states.
Migrant and refugee centers Reception center Informal settlement Hotspot
BULGARIA
MACE.
L IBYA
From January through March of 2016, there have been at least 734 migrant fatalities in the Mediterranean, in addition to at least 3,770 in 2015.
RUSSIA
SERBIA
TUNISIA
MOROCCO
MOL.
ROMANIA
CROATIA
I T A L Y Adr
*Arrows do not reflect size of migration flows. **Type of border control implemented varies by country. † Fences do not span entire borders.
UKRAINE
SLOVAKIA
SLO.
Bay of Biscay
Migrant fatalities in the Mediterranean in 2016
BELARUS
POLAND
GERMANY
LUX.
FRANCE
Migrants and refugees in Greece
Currently used route* Alternative route*
61 total 13%
February
Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative
20,000
15%
15,000
292 total 84%
87% March
Arrivals to Greek islands in 2016
12 total 25% 75% April
10,000
JORDAN
SAUDI ARABIA
As of March 20th, all new irregular migrants crossing from Turkey to the Greek islands with ineligible asylum applications will be returned to Turkey, as per the EU-Turkey deal.
5,000 Week of:
Jan 1
Jan 8
Jan 15 Jan 22 Jan 29 Feb 5 Feb 12 Feb 19 Feb 26 Mar 4 Mar 11 Mar 18 Mar 25 Apr 1 Sources: European Commission, FRONTEX, IOM, UNHCR, Press reporting
Apr 8
Demographics of arrivals to Greece, Jan 1- Apr 9, 2016 There have been 153,156 total arrivals to Greece by sea in 2016, in addition to 856,723 in 2015.
Pakistan 4% 40% children
38% men
22% women ...by age/gender
Iran Other 3% 3%
Iraq 16% Afghanistan 26%
*percentages do not add to 100 due to rounding
Syria 49%
...by country of origin* April 15, 2016 - 1387 STATE (HIU)
U.S. Department of State [email protected] http://hiu.state.gov
Europe Migrant and Refugee Crisis:
Spotlight on Greece
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
Migration to Europe FINLAND N O RWAY
Former primary route* Schengen country
SWEDEN
Ba ltic Sea
Temporary Schengen border controls** Enhanced border controls (non-Schengen)**
ESTONIA L AT V IA
DENMARK
North Sea
Border fences (built or under construction)†
LITHUANIA RUS.
UNIT ED K ING D OM
IRELAND
NETH. BELGIUM
Since the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, France has implemented temporary border controls.
CZECH REPUBLIC LIECH.
AUSTRIA
SWITZ.
PORT.
SPAIN
St ra i t o f 5 G i b ra l ta r
HUNGARY
iati
BOS. & HERZ.
c Se a
Tyrrhenia n Sea
ALBANIA
Black Sea
BULG AR IA
MONT. KOS.
369 total 75% January
11,269 3,000 - 4,700 1,000 - 3,000 300 - 1,000 0 - 300
Lesbos
SPORADES ISLANDS
GREECE See inset
TURKE Y
Aegean Sea
Chios Izmir
Samos
Central Mediterranean 343
Leros
Med iterra nea n Sea
Kos
CYPRUS Eastern Mediterranean 366
S Y RIA LEB. IRAQ
Piraeus
Sea of Crete
Athens
DODECANESE ISLANDS
ISRAEL
Central route
1%
EGYPT
Eastern route
Western route
.3% 24%
Population size at centers
Idomeni
TURKE Y
ALGERIA
Known fatalities in the Mediterranean in 2016, by route
MACEDONIA
CYCLADES ISLANDS
GREECE
Western Mediterranean MALTA
Of the 57,812 migrants and refugees reportedly in Greece and the Balkan states, 53,063 currently are ALBANIA in Greece. Since the implementation of the EU-Turkey deal, 46 asylum seekers have been relocated from Greece, in addition to the 615 relocated since the September 2015 decision to relocate 160,000 asylum IONIAN seekers from Italy ISLANDS and Greece, and 79 Syrians have been I o n ifrom a n Turkey Sea resettled to European states.
Migrant and refugee centers Reception center Informal settlement Hotspot
BULGARIA
MACE.
L IBYA
From January through March of 2016, there have been at least 734 migrant fatalities in the Mediterranean, in addition to at least 3,770 in 2015.
RUSSIA
SERBIA
TUNISIA
MOROCCO
MOL.
ROMANIA
CROATIA
I T A L Y Adr
*Arrows do not reflect size of migration flows. **Type of border control implemented varies by country. † Fences do not span entire borders.
UKRAINE
SLOVAKIA
SLO.
Bay of Biscay
Migrant fatalities in the Mediterranean in 2016
BELARUS
POLAND
GERMANY
LUX.
FRANCE
Migrants and refugees in Greece
Currently used route* Alternative route*
61 total 13%
February
Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative
20,000
15%
15,000
292 total 84%
87% March
Arrivals to Greek islands in 2016
12 total 25% 75% April
10,000
JORDAN
SAUDI ARABIA
As of March 20th, all new irregular migrants crossing from Turkey to the Greek islands with ineligible asylum applications will be returned to Turkey, as per the EU-Turkey deal.
5,000 Week of:
Jan 1
Jan 8
Jan 15 Jan 22 Jan 29 Feb 5 Feb 12 Feb 19 Feb 26 Mar 4 Mar 11 Mar 18 Mar 25 Apr 1 Sources: European Commission, FRONTEX, IOM, UNHCR, Press reporting
Apr 8
Demographics of arrivals to Greece, Jan 1- Apr 9, 2016 There have been 153,156 total arrivals to Greece by sea in 2016, in addition to 856,723 in 2015.
Pakistan 4% 40% children
38% men
22% women ...by age/gender
Iran Other 3% 3%
Iraq 16% Afghanistan 26%
*percentages do not add to 100 due to rounding
Syria 49%
...by country of origin* April 15, 2016 - 1387 STATE (HIU)
