UN: 1 million migrants arrived in Europe by sea this year
BERLIN - The UN refugee agency says that the number of migrants who've arrived in Europe by sea this year now tops 1 million.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees' announcement Wednesday came only a week after the International Organization for Migration said the total number of people arriving in Europe this year had topped a million - including 34,215 who arrived across land borders.
UNHCR said 1,000,573 people have now arrived by boat during the year - 844,176 of them landing in Greece and 152,700 in Italy. Spain reported 3,592 arrivals and Malta 105.
The count is based on police and coast guard data and estimates stemming from refugee registration in Greece; data and estimates from government, police and UNHCR in Italy; and police and government data from Spain and Malta.
