Number of refugees and migrants entering Europe via the Mediterranean Sea

1 juni 2025 by Stephan Leave a comment

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

Forcibly displaced people, world.

16 maart 2025 by Stephan

Number of forcibly displace people worldwide as reported by UNHCR per year, split between cross border (leaving their original country) and internally displaced.

Graph showing forcibly displaced people worldwide per year since 1952 split between cross-border and withing country.
Last year (2024) 45.7 million cross border displaced and 67 million within country.