132,043 Sea arrivals Jan-Sep 2016
132,071 Sea arrivals Jan-Sep 2015
Between 1 January and 30 September 2016, 132,043 persons arrived to Italy by sea, compared to 132,071 sea arrivals in the first nine months of 2015. The number of sea arrivals is therefore almost equal to that of last year, indicating that the decrease in arrivals on the Eastern Mediterrnean route has not had a direct impact on arrivals through the Central Mediterranean.
September arrivals this year (16,975) are slightly higher than numbers recorded over the same period of 2015 (15,922), but remain consistent with trends noted last year. While monthly arrivals from May to August this year were in the region of 20,000 or above, with a peak of 23,552 in July, a decrease was observed in September, when less than 17,000 reached Italian shores during the month.