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Over 18,800 Migrants Arrive in Europe by Sea in First Days of January

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Over 18,800 Migrants Arrive in Europe by Sea in First Days of January

12:53 GMT 12.01.2016 (Updated: 13:44 GMT 05.08.2022)

© AFP 2023File photo of a member of the Turkish Coast Guard pulls an inflatable dinghy transporting Syrian migrants attempting to reach the Greek island of Chios, in the Agean Sea near Izmir in the night of December 9 to December 10, 2015

File photo of a member of the Turkish Coast Guard pulls an inflatable dinghy transporting Syrian migrants attempting to reach the Greek island of Chios, in the Agean Sea near Izmir in the night of December 9 to December 10, 2015 - Sputnik International

Migrant arrivals to Europe using the dangerous maritime route averaged over 1,700 a day, according to International Organization for Migration (IOM).

GENEVA (Sputnik) – Over 18,800 migrants arrived in Europe using sea routes in the first 11 days of 2016, figures released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) showed on Tuesday.

"18,882 migrants incl.refugees have arrived by sea to Europe 56 dead/missing," IOM wrote on its official Twitter account.

18,882 migrants incl.refugees have arrived by sea to Europe 56 dead/missing https://t.co/RFhiLzlxOY #MigrationEurope pic.twitter.com/f3lqJqv6v7
— IOM (@IOM_news) January 12, 2016

Migrant arrivals to Europe using the dangerous maritime route averaged over 1,700 a day, the migration watchdog stated.

The European Union is currently struggling to cope with a massive refugee crisis, with hundreds of thousands of people fleeing conflict-torn countries in the Middle East and North Africa in search of safety and refuge in the bloc.