Almost 240,000 Immigrants Crossed Mediterranean Sea To Europe In 2015

The number of immigrants who crossed the Mediterranean to reach Europe so far this year is now at 237,000.

The number has already exceeded the total of those who managed to cross last year, said today the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

The average daily number of rescues in Mediterranean waters has hit a thousand. Most of these rescues concentrate mainly on the coasts of islands of Italy and Greece.

Just today, the European Commissioner for Immigration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, said that the world is facing “the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War”, and called on Europe to assist them in a “decent” and “civilized ” way.

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