EUROPE REFUGEES & MIGRANTS EMERGENCY
RESPONSE
NATIONALITY OF ARRIVALS TO GREECE, ITALY
AND SPAIN
January – December 2015
Charts are based on available government data for the time period from January to
December 2015.
Top 7 nationalities of Mediterranean Sea arrivals: Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria.
Figure 1. Arrivals to each country by month
December
119,275
November
155,950
October
221,614
September
173,872
August
131,699
July
76,347
June
54,918
May
40,984
April
30,577
March
10,978
February
7,945
January
6,735
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
January
1,690
February
2,945
March
7,634
April
13,132
May
18,445
June
30,718
July
51,951
August
107,843
September
156,457
October
210,824
Italy
3,528
4,354
2,283
16,063
21,235
22,891
23,186
22,609
15,922
8,916
3,218
9,637
Spain
1,517
646
1,061
1,382
1,304
1,309
1,210
1,247
1,493
1,874
1,483
896
Greece
November December
151,249
108,742
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Monthly Arrivals by Nationality to Greece, Italy and Spain - Jan-Dec 2015
Figure 2. Total arrivals to each country by nationality
Spain
15,422
Italy
153,842
Greece
862,138
0
Syrian Arab Republic
100,000
200,000
Greece
483,730
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
Italy
7,448
700,000
800,000
900,000
90%
100%
Spain
7,192
Afghanistan
210,221
117
-
Iraq
88,382
996
17
Eritrea
947
39,162
3
Nigeria
-
22,237
62
Pakistan
23,462
1,982
4
Somalia
4,294
12,433
27
Other
51,101
69,467
8,117
Figure 3. Top nationalities of arrivals in Greece, Italy and Spain
Syrian Arab Republic
Afghanistan
Iraq
Eritrea
Nigeria
Pakistan
Somalia
Other
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Eritrea
Iraq
Afghanistan
0.0%
2.2%
98.4%
99.9%
Syrian Arab
Republic
96.8%
99.7%
97.8%
1.6%
0.1%
1.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.5%
Other
Somalia
Pakistan
Nigeria
Greece
43.7%
26.1%
91.2%
Italy
50.5%
73.8%
8.8%
Spain
5.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.3%
All Eritreans, almost all Nigerians and three quarters of Somalis arriving in Europe by sea disembarked in Italy.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) – data.unhcr.org/mediterranean
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Monthly Arrivals by Nationality to Greece, Italy and Spain - Jan-Dec 2015
GREECE
The charts below are based on figures from the Hellenic Coast Guard and Police. All figures are provisional
and subject to change. Data includes sea arrivals to Greece from January to December 2015.
Figure 4. Percentages of nationalities arriving to Greece
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Syrian Arab Republic
56.1%
Afghanistan
24.4%
Iraq
10.3%
Eritrea
0.1%
Pakistan
2.7%
Somalia
0.5%
Other
5.9%
Figure 5. Greece: Monthly sea arrivals by nationality - Trends in 2015
120,000
107,571
108,940
100,000
83,173
80,000
64,011
65,013
60,000
43,497
42,038
34,089
40,000
28,066
17,547
20,000
0
770
1,753
4,881
7,732
10,223
8,079
22,275
17,607
18,365
26,572
27,020
13,062
11,901
8,955
3,216
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Syrian Arab Republic
770
1,753
4,881
7,732
10,223
17,547
34,089
83,173
107,571
108,940
65,013
42,038
Afghanistan
460
560
1,478
3,080
4,910
8,079
11,901
17,607
28,066
64,011
43,497
26,572
Iraq
35
81
177
400
648
1,348
1,755
3,216
13,062
22,275
18,365
27,020
Eritrea
72
7
37
75
57
62
74
55
113
123
173
101
Pakistan
16
22
137
666
1,459
2,107
2,408
1,578
2,968
3,218
5,150
3,733
Somalia
82
70
188
269
198
278
365
402
430
875
814
323
Other
209
460
690
916
914
1,298
1,359
1,812
4,093
12,157
18,237
8,955
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) – data.unhcr.org/mediterranean
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Monthly Arrivals by Nationality to Greece, Italy and Spain - Jan-Dec 2015
Figure 6. Greece: Percentage of top nationalities of Mediterranean sea arrivals by month
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
January
46.8%
February
59.4%
March
64.3%
April
58.9%
May
55.5%
June
57.1%
July
65.6%
August
77.1%
September
68.8%
October
51.5%
Afghanistan
28.0%
19.0%
19.5%
23.4%
26.7%
26.3%
22.9%
16.3%
18.0%
30.3%
28.8%
24.4%
Iraq
2.1%
2.7%
2.3%
3.0%
3.5%
4.4%
3.4%
3.0%
8.4%
10.5%
12.1%
24.8%
Eritrea
4.4%
0.2%
0.5%
0.6%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
Pakistan
1.0%
0.7%
1.8%
5.1%
7.9%
6.9%
4.6%
1.5%
1.9%
1.5%
3.4%
3.4%
Somalia
5.0%
2.4%
2.5%
2.0%
1.1%
0.9%
0.7%
0.4%
0.3%
0.4%
0.5%
0.3%
Other
12.7%
15.6%
9.1%
7.0%
5.0%
4.2%
2.6%
1.7%
2.6%
5.7%
12.1%
8.2%
Syrian Arab Republic
November December
43.0%
38.7%
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) – data.unhcr.org/mediterranean
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Monthly Arrivals by Nationality to Greece, Italy and Spain - Jan-Dec 2015
ITALY
The charts below are based on figures from the Italian Ministry of Interior. All figures are provisional and
subject to change. Data includes sea arrivals to Italy from January to December 2015.
Figure 7. Percentages of nationalities arriving to Italy
This graph includes the top nationalities of Mediterranean sea arrivals and the top 5 other nationalities of sea arrivals to Italy.
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
Eritrea
30%
25.5%
Nigeria
14.5%
Somalia
8.1%
Sudan
5.8%
Gambia
5.5%
Syrian Arab Republic
4.8%
Senegal
3.9%
Mali
3.8%
Bangladesh
3.3%
Morocco
3.0%
Pakistan
1.3%
Iraq
0.6%
Afghanistan
0.1%
Other
19.9%
Figure 8. Italy: Top nationalities of Mediterranean sea arrivals - Trends in 2015
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Syrian Arab Republic
764
156
136
1,035
1,187
993
1,224
1,215
362
160
155
61
Afghanistan
19
-
-
30
13
23
29
1
-
-
1
1
Iraq
45
-
1
42
102
93
171
229
279
29
5
-
Eritrea
171
646
89
4,482
5,612
7,676
6,981
5,051
4,690
2,398
86
1,280
Nigeria
109
404
360
1,916
1,852
3,256
4,002
3,214
2,773
1,690
595
2,066
Pakistan
83
79
22
374
161
185
496
407
3
21
70
81
Somalia
405
683
19
2,610
1,272
1,355
1,194
1,252
1,260
970
222
1,191
1,932
2,386
1,656
5,574
11,036
9,310
9,089
11,240
6,555
3,648
2,084
4,957
Other
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) – data.unhcr.org/mediterranean
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Monthly Arrivals by Nationality to Greece, Italy and Spain - Jan-Dec 2015
Figure 9. Italy: Percentage of top nationalities of Mediterranean sea arrivals by month
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
January
21.7%
February
3.6%
March
6.0%
April
6.4%
May
5.6%
June
4.3%
July
5.3%
August
5.4%
September
2.3%
October
1.8%
November
4.8%
December
0.6%
Afghanistan
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Iraq
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
0.4%
0.7%
1.0%
1.8%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
Eritrea
4.8%
14.8%
3.9%
27.9%
26.4%
33.5%
30.1%
22.3%
29.5%
26.9%
2.7%
13.3%
Nigeria
3.1%
9.3%
15.8%
11.9%
8.7%
14.2%
17.3%
14.2%
17.4%
19.0%
18.5%
21.4%
Pakistan
2.4%
1.8%
1.0%
2.3%
0.8%
0.8%
2.1%
1.8%
0.0%
0.2%
2.2%
0.8%
Somalia
11.5%
15.7%
0.8%
16.2%
6.0%
5.9%
5.1%
5.5%
7.9%
10.9%
6.9%
12.4%
Other
54.8%
54.8%
72.5%
34.7%
52.0%
40.7%
39.2%
49.7%
41.2%
40.9%
64.8%
51.4%
Syrian Arab Republic
Figure 10. Italy: Monthly sea arrivals of other nationalities - Trends in 2015
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
-
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Sudan
71
68
93
782
1,218
1,357
2,069
1,468
1,244
322
74
166
Gambia
451
540
422
686
842
652
1,244
677
801
444
220
1,475
Mali
436
289
266
524
519
664
775
709
567
369
189
519
Senegal
428
496
263
752
389
511
831
422
588
364
168
769
1
9
19
305
460
880
2,288
1,053
22
1
1
1
Bangladesh
December
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) – data.unhcr.org/mediterranean
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Monthly Arrivals by Nationality to Greece, Italy and Spain - Jan-Dec 2015
SPAIN
The charts below are based on figures from the Spanish Ministry of the Interior and the Spanish Police.
Arrivals to the Canary Islands have been excluded from this analysis, as they are not part of the
Mediterranean refugee movement. Land arrivals to the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla are included.
Figure 11. Percentages of nationalities arriving to Spain
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
Syrian Arab Republic
50%
44.2%
0.7%
Other countries of top 7 nationalities
13.6%
Guinea (Conakry)
Algeria
10.6%
Morocco
5.7%
Cameroon
5.0%
Côte d'Ivoire
4.5%
Occupied Palestinian Territory
3.7%
Burkina Faso
2.0%
Gambia
1.6%
Guinea-Bissau
1.0%
Figure 12. Spain: Top nationalities of Mediterranean sea arrivals - Trends in 2015
1,400
1,200
1,000
800
600
400
200
0
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
955
400
589
883
578
664
506
585
674
574
587
197
Afghanistan
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Iraq
-
2
2
-
2
-
-
2
1
5
2
1
Pakistan
-
-
1
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
Somalia
-
-
-
3
1
13
4
-
3
2
-
1
Nigeria
4
9
6
7
-
1
9
1
9
5
-
11
Eritrea
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
-
-
Other
558
235
462
489
723
628
690
658
806
1,288
894
686
Syrian Arab Republic
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) – data.unhcr.org/mediterranean
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Monthly Arrivals by Nationality to Greece, Italy and Spain - Jan-Dec 2015
Figure 13. Spain: Percentages of top nationalities of Mediterranean Sea arrivals
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
January
63.0%
February
61.9%
March
55.5%
April
63.9%
May
44.3%
June
50.7%
July
41.8%
August
46.9%
September
45.1%
October
30.6%
November
39.6%
December
22.0%
Afghanistan
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Iraq
0.0%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
Eritrea
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Nigeria
0.3%
1.4%
0.6%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.7%
0.1%
0.6%
0.3%
0.0%
1.2%
Pakistan
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Somalia
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
1.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
Other
36.8%
36.4%
43.5%
35.4%
55.4%
48.0%
57.0%
52.8%
54.0%
68.7%
60.3%
76.6%
Syrian Arab Republic
Figure 14. Spain: Arrivals of Palestinian fleeing Syrian conflict
120
100
97
100
78
70
80
64
51
60
51
36
33
40
20
15
0
1
January
February
0
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Occupied Palestinian Territory
An increasing numbers of Palestinians arrived in the country via the Melilla border post (596 in 2015, 4% of
total arrivals).
Sources:
Arrival figures for Greece are collected in the framework of UNHCR border activities and are provided by Hellenic Coastguard and
Hellenic Police; arrival figures for Italy are provided by Italian Ministry of Interior. Arrival figures for Spain are provided by Spanish
Ministry of Interior and Spanish Police. Figures are subject to future adjustment and should not be considered final.
Links: data.unhcr.org/mediterranean
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