Europe’s boat people

Greece, Italy and Spain received more than 2.3 million migrants between 2014 and 2022. Almost 85,000 refugees travelled north to seek asylum in the UK. Over this period, nearly 26,000 people perished on their journey

Greece, 2015: Migrants peak at 856,723

Migrants arriving by sea
Greece
Italy
Spain
UK

0
50,000
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
100,000
150,000
200,000
41,038
153,842
181,436
170,100
29,718
173,450
119,369
23,370
5,312
22,103
58,569
59,726
40,326
4,331
28,526
41,979
105,131
45,755
29,895
12,758
67,477
34,154
299
1,843
8,466

25,950 deaths in Mediterranean and English Channel


Sources: Migration Observatory, Missing Migrants Project 
Picture: Getty Images
© GRAPHIC NEWS