Number of refugees and migrants entering Europe via the Mediterranean Sea

6 januari 2024 by Stephan Leave a comment

The UNHCR reports on the number of refugees and migrants entering Europe via the Mediterranean Sea. 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.
Full 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 95.774
2021 123.318
2022 159.410
2023 266.939

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