Number of refugees and migrants entering Europe via the Mediterranean Sea

1 juni 2025 by Stephan

The UNHCR reports on the number of refugees and migrants entering Europe via the Mediterranean Sea (excluding arrivals by plane on Cyprus). We place these number in historic context.

Graph with number of refugees/migrants entering Europe via the Mediterranean Sea per year since 2008. Peak over 1 million in 2015.
Data:
Year Number
2008 59.000
2009 56.252
2010 9.654
2011 70.402
2012 22.439
2013 59.421
2014 225.455
2015 1.032.408
2016 373.652
2017 185.139
2018 141.472
2019 123.663
2020 88.149
2021 117.496
2022 152.180
2023 263.048
2024 188.988
2025 50.375

Graph with number of refugees/migrants drowned/died while trying to enter Europe via the Mediterranean Sea per year since 2008.
Data:
Year Number
2008 1400
2009 900
2010 200
2011 1900
2012 500
2013 700
2014 3538
2015 3771
2016 5096
2017 3139
2018 2277
2019 1510
2020 1881
2021 3231
2022 1953
2023 3760
2024 3530
2025 454

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