Turkish and EU leaders are meeting in Brussels for an emergency summit on tackling Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War II, as thousands of desperate migrants remain trapped in Greece

Main movements of people

Refugee and migrant arrivals in 2016

Idomeni camp: Some 14,000 people stranded due to border restrictions along route towards western Europe. Only 300 people per day allowed to cross into Macedonia

100 km 60 miles

ITALY

ALBANIA

MACEDONIA

GREECE

Ionian Sea

128,735

Total arrivals in Greece (January to March 3, 2016)

Aegean Sea: NATO mission inGreek and Turkish waters to
deter people smugglers. Ships  from Canada, Germany, Greece, Turkey and UK on patrol

BULGARIA

Orestiada

Kavala

Thessaloniki

Athens

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Black Sea

Istanbul

TURKEY

Lesvos

Chios

Samos

Kos

TURKEY

Leros

Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

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