Sea and land arrivals from January 2016 JSON 
Sea arrivals from January 2016 JSON 
Land arrivals from January 2016 JSON 

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News comment on search and rescue in the Central Mediterranean by Gillian Triggs, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

UNHCR, 01 May 2020

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for greater coordination, solidarity and responsibility-sharing, in view of the increased movements of refugees and migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. Despite the extremely difficult circumstances faced by many countries at present due to COVID-19, the prote... Read more

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Coronavirus: UNHCR offers practical recommendations in support of European countries to ensure access to asylum and safe reception

UNHCR, 27 Apr 2020

With the world mobilizing to combat the spread of COVID-19, many countries in Europe and beyond have adopted exceptional measures to manage their borders, limiting air travel and cross-border mobility. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has called today on European countries to safeguard the many good pr... Read more

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Beware long-term damage to human rights and refugee rights from the coronavirus pandemic: UNHCR

UNHCR, 22 Apr 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has deepened the plight of people fleeing war, conflict and persecution. As countries battle to protect their populations and economies, fundamental norms of refugee and human rights law are at risk. “The core principles of refugee protection are being put to test – but peo... Read more

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Displaced and stateless women and girls at heightened risk of gender-based violence in the Coronavirus pandemic

UNHCR, 20 Apr 2020

Around the world COVID-19 is taking lives and changing communities but the virus is also inducing massive protection risks for women and girls forced to flee their homes, the Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, Gillian Triggs, warned today. “We need to pay ur... Read more

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UN agencies welcome first relocation of unaccompanied children from Greece

UNHCR/UNICEF/IOM, 15 Apr 2020

IOM, the International Organization for Migration, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund, today welcomed the relocation of 12 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children from Greece to Luxembourg. The children, who had been living in overcrowded reception and identification cent... Read more

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Land arrivals in 2026 JSON 

Includes individuals who arrived in the northern part of Cyprus by air and crossed the Green Line into the government-controlled areas of Cyprus.
6,123
Last updated 15 Jun 2026
Dead and Missing JSON 

includes dead and missings on Mediterranean and West Africa Atlantic routes
586
Last updated 31 May 2026
Source - UNHCR
Demography of Mediterranean sea arrivals from January 2025 JSON 
Previous years Arrivals * Dead and missing
2025 154,500 2,950
2024 199,400 3,580
2023 275,200 4,110
2022 173,400 3,017
2021 132,800 3,231
2020 96,800 1,881
2019 123,700 1,510
2018 141,400 2,277
2017 185,100 3,139
2016 372,800 5,096
2015 1,031,700 3,771

* Include sea arrivals to Italy and Malta, and both sea and land arrivals to Cyprus, Greece and Spain (including the Canary Islands). Data are as of 31 December 2025 for all countries.

  Links
Asylum Figures - Italian Ministry of Interior
Data and statistics by the Department for Civil Liberties and Immigration
Dead and Missing at Sea - Mediterranean and West Africa Atlantic routes
Online dashboard of dead and missing
Desperate Journeys - January – December 2018
Interactive report
IOM Portal - Routes
Migration flows - Europe
Links to maps of mine fields near the border crossing points / potential routes of migrants and refugees - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina maps of mine fields near the border crossing points / potential routes of migrants and refugees
Mali situation information sharing portal
Up-to-date information on Malian Refugees in Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger and IDPs in Mali
Mixed Migration Hub - North Africa
The MHub is the public platform of the North Africa Mixed Migration Task Force, a joint initiative of UNHCR, DRC, IOM, OHCHR, RMMS and UNODC.
RMRP Europe 2016
Signup for the Latest Information products
South Eastern Europe
Syria Regional Refugee Response Inter-agency Information Sharing Portal
Statistics, Analysis and Reports about Syrian Refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey, Egypt and North Africa
UNHCR Greece - Help for refugees and asylum-seekers
UNHCR Greece - Help for refugees and asylum-seekers
UNHCR Italy
UNHCR Population Statistics Database
The database contains data about UNHCR's populations of concern from 1951-2014 and highlighting different aspects of these populations: their general composition by location of residence or origin, their status (refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons, etc.), their evolution over time, etc.
UNHCR Spain website
UNHCR Spain website
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