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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11497

24 February 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha
68,000 migrants arrived in Greece in January 2016, says Frontex

Brussels, 23/02/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 22 February, the agency Frontex reported that the number of migrants arriving in Greece in January 2016 was down 40% compared to December 2015, to stand at 68,000, a drop which is largely imputed to poor weather conditions in the Aegean Sea, the agency responsible for cooperation in the management of the external borders of the EU explained.

Even so, this figure is still 38 times higher than the number of arrivals recorded in January 2015,...

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