Spain becomes top migrant destination

A sharp rise in arrivals across the Mediterranean, coupled with falling numbers elsewhere in southern Europe, means Spain has overtaken Italy and Greece as the EU’s chief destination for undocumented migrants

ARRIVAL BY SEA IN MEDITERRANEAN (Jan 1-Jul 25, 2018)

GERMANY
FRANCE
SPAIN 20,992
ITALY  18,130
GREECE 15,528 
Ceuta
MOROCCO
Western route 304
Main migration routes
Atlantic Ocean
Arrivals
Deaths
TUNISIA 
ALGERIA
LIBYA
TURKEY 89
Eastern route
EGYPT
Mediterranean Sea
Central route 1,111


COMPARISON OF SEA ARRIVALS (000s)
Jan 1-Jul 25, 2017 
Jan 1-Jul 25, 2018

100 80 60 40 20 0

94,448
18,130
10,519
15,528
6,513 
20,992

Spain, July 2018: More than 6,000 arrivals, including around 600 would-be migrants who stormed border fence around African enclave of Ceuta, injuring 22 Spanish civil guards

ITALY
GREECE
SPAIN


Source: IOM     Picture: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS