3,930 FATALITIES 2016 (1 JAN—27 OCT)
3,777 FATALITIES 2015 (1 JAN—31 DEC)
The number of migrant deaths and disappearances recorded by IOM in 2016 so far have reached 5,328.
Most of the increases have been in the Mediterranean where an estimated 3,930 people have died trying to make the crossing in 2016 so far.
Over the past week, there has been over 280 deaths of people trying to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy. This number includes 97 people who died when their boat sank east of Tripoli on Wednesday night (26/10). The Libyan Coast Guard rescued 29 people in this incident. As several search and rescue operations are still on-going, the estimate of 3,930 people who have died in the Mediterranean so far this year is a minimum and is likely to change in coming days once more details emerge. Nearly 13 people per day have died in 2016, and over 60 percent of those migrants are unrecovered from the sea.
The total number of arrivals to Europe by 27 October 2016 is 353,866 compared to 734,646 reported by the end of October 2015. The EU-Turkey agreement from March 18 has brought migration flows through the Eastern Mediterranean and the Western Balkan route to a relative standstill. Flows decreased by 96% from the first quarter of 2016 as compared to the second one. However, during the third quarter number of migrants who reached Europe through Eastern Mediterranean route increased by 18%.
Given the policies set into place after the EU-Turkey Agreement in March 2016, 73,338 migrants and refugees are stranded in Greece, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary, Croatia,
Bulgaria and Slovenia as of 27 October 2016. This is a 56% increase compared to the 30 March (47,097).
Relocations
The European Commission has made available an overview of Member States’ support to the EU relocation mechanism.
To date, 25 out of the 31 participating countries have committed to make places available under the scheme, namely Belgium (530), Bulgaria (1,302), Croatia (26), Cyprus (80), Czech Republic (50), Estonia (157), Finland (1,120), France (3,320), Germany (2,250), Ireland (353), Latvia (491), Liechtenstein (43), Lithuania (500), Luxembourg (200), Malta (131), the Netherlands (1,225),
Norway (170) Poland (100), Portugal (1,642), Romania (1,502), Slovakia (100), Slovenia (130), Spain (800), Sweden (300) and Switzerland (490) with an overall number of only 17,012 places.