Europe — Migration Flows to Europe, Quarterly Overview (June 2017)

By the end of June 2017, more than 100,000 migrants from Middle East, Asia and Africa reached Europe. The total number of registered sea and land arrivals to Greece, Italy, Spain, Cyprus and Bulgaria as of 30 June stands at 101,559 representing a 58% decrease when compared to the figure reported at the end of June 2016 (239,925). The decrease is mainly caused by a stark decline in the overall arrivals through the two main entry points in the Eastern Mediterranean, Greece and Bulgaria. Greece received 93% less migrants in 2017 when compared to the end of June 2016, 160,115 vs. 10,679 respectively, with the reverse dynamic in arrivals between first and second quarter in 2017 and 2016.