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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11479

30 January 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha
55,000 migrants have arrived in EU since start of year, says IOM

Brussels, 29/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - The number of migrants arriving in the EU since the start of 2016 is 55,000, according to estimates provided by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Friday 29 January.

In total, this makes an average of 2,000 people arriving on European shores every day. This average is almost equivalent to that observed during the same period two years ago. According to the IOM, 244 people have died trying to reach Europe by sea so far in 2016, not to...

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