November 2017
GREECE Sea arrivals dashboard
Overview
So far in 2017, a total of 27,354 refugees and migrants arrived in Greece by sea. The majority are from Syria (42%), 27,354 Iraq (19%) and Afghanistan (11%). More than half of the sea arrivals January to November 2017 1 population are women (22%) and children (37%), while 41% are men. Arrivals from 2013 to 2017 Arrivals in 2017 have steadily increased since June, peaking in September with 4,886 people. They have since 856,723 decreased, with 3,215 people arriving on the islands in November. Nevertheless, arrivals in November 2017 are 61% higher than those of November 2016. Between June and November 2017, some 5,000 more people arrived in Greece than in the same period last year (34% increase). 173,450 Lesvos, Chios and Samos continue to receive 83% of all 11,447 41,038 27,354 new arrivals, followed by the Dodecanese islands (14%) and islands in Cyclades and Crete (3%). 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Monthly arrivals 2016 to 2017
67,415 57,066 26,971
4,886 4,134 3,584 3,215
3,447 2,110 2,249 2,012 3,080 2,970 1,393 1,526 1,089 1,156 1,920 1,991 1,721 1,554 1,665
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2016 2017 Note – arrivals during the first months of 2016 exceeded 100,000. To better enable comparison between 2016 & 2017, the monthly arrivals chart has been truncated at 8,000.
Demographics 60+ 0.5 0.6 50-59 1.4 1.1 Similar to last year, over one-third of arrivals in 2017 are 40-49 3.7 2.5 30-39 10.3 6.1 children. Of those, 7 out of 10 are below the age of 12. 25-29 9.5 4.8 Additionally, 12% of all children are unaccompanied or 18-24 14.9 7.3 12-17 7.9 3.5
seperated mainly from Syria and Afghanistan. Some 35% Age groups 5-11 7.2 6.0 of arrivals are men between 18 and 39 years old. Only 4% 0-4 6.7 5.9
of arrivals are 50 years old or older. 20 15 10 5 0 5 10 15 20 % over the total population Male Female
UNHCR 16 October 2017 more information: data.unhcr.org/mediterranean 1 January to November 2017. Arrival figures for Greece are provided by the Hellenic Police. Figures are subject to future adjustment and should not be considered final. Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding. 2 The Dodecanese islands comprise 15 islands including Kos, Kalymnos, Leros, Rhodes, Kastelorizo, Tilos, Symi, Farmakonisi and Karpathos.
November 2017
Demographics (continued)
The majority of new arrivals in 2017 are from Syria (11,552), Iraq (5,328) and Afghanistan (3,136), thus following the trend of arrivals of the last two years. Typically, these three nationalities arrive in family groups.
Overall 40% 22% 22% 15%
Syrian Arab Republic 11,552 (42%) Syrian Arab Republic 33% 24% 24% 19%
Iraq 5,328 (19%) Iraq 39% 20% 23% 18%
Afghanistan 3,136 (11%) Afghanistan 32% 22% 29% 17%
Congo, Dem. Rep. of 809 (3%) Congo, Dem. Rep. of 50% 39% 6%5%
Algeria 785 (3%) Algeria 79% 3% 17%
Other 5,744 (21%) Other 55% 22% 15% 9%
Entry points Men Women Boys Girls In 2017, similar to 2016, the majority of asylum-seekers and migrants in Greece arrive on Lesvos (11,570), Chios (6,294) and Samos (4,840). Dodecanese islands mainly receive family groups from Syria and Iraq. In November, asylum-seekers and migrants arrived on 7 islands. Lesvos receives the highest numbers of people from Syria and Afghanistan over the overall number of sea arrivals in Greece in 2017.
Lesvos 11,570 (42%) Lesvos 41% 14% 18% 2% 6% 19%
Chios 6,294 (23%) Chios 45% 19% 8% 3% 24%
Samos 4,840 (18%) Samos 50% 22% 5% 6% 16%
Dodecanese Dodecanese islands 3,929 (14%) islands 38% 29% 8%2% 23%
Other 721 (3%) Other 8% 42% 5% 45%
Syrian Arab Republic Iraq Afghanistan Algeria Congo, Democratic Republic of Other
UNHCR 16 October 2017 more information: data.unhcr.org/mediterranean 1 January to November 2017. Arrival figures for Greece are provided by the Hellenic Police. Figures are subject to future adjustment and should not be considered final. Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding. 2 The Dodecanese islands comprise 15 islands including Kos, Kalymnos, Leros, Rhodes, Kastelorizo, Tilos, Symi, Farmakonisi and Karpathos.