EU aid plan for migrant crisis

The European Union’s head office wants to swiftly push through a proposal to allocate 700 million euros ($760 million) in humanitarian assistance over three years for Greece and other countries hit by the migrant crisis

Mediterranean Sea arrival of refugees and migrants in 2016: To Mar 1

Main migration routes

Schengen visa-free zone

Atlantic Ocean

SPAIN 458

FRANCE

MOROCCO

ALGERIA

TUNISIA

GERMANY

ITALY 9,087

LIBYA

GREECE 123,246

TURKEY

Mediterranean Sea

EGYPT

Origin of sea arrivals 2016

Other 15%

Iraq 17%

Afghanistan 27%

Syria 41%

Comparison of monthly sea arrivals (000s)

50 100 150 200

2015 2016

J F M A M J J A S O N D

Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees