Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Bangladesh, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Italy, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, World
Between 1 January and 31 August 2016, 115,068 persons arrived to Italy by sea, compared to 116,149 sea arrivals in the first eight months of 2015. The number of sea arrivals remain therefore consistent with those of last year, confirming that the decrease in arrivals in Eastern Mediterranean route has not have a direct impact on arrivals through the Central Mediterranean.
August arrivals this year (21,294) are also on a par with numbers registered over the same period of 2015 (22,610) and are very similar to monthly arrivals since May (19,925 in May; 22,371 in June; 23,552 in July). Like in previous years, sea arrivals increased during the summer, when more favorable weather conditions make it easier to cross the sea.