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March 2018

So far in 2018, a total of 5,330 refugees and migrants arrived in Greece by sea. The majority are from Syria (38%), 5,330 Iraq (27%) and Afghanistan (12%). More than half of the sea arrivals January to March 2018 1 population are women (22%) and children (38%), while 40% are men. Arrivals from 2014 to 2018 Arrivals in March 2018, at 2,441 increased in comparison 856,723 to February, when 1,256 people arrived on the islands. Arrivals during the first 3 months of 2018 are 33% higher than those of 2017. 173,450 Lesvos, Samos and the Dodecanese islands received 94% 41,038 29,718 5,330 of all new arrivals, during the first 3 months of 2018, followed by Chios (6%). 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Monthly Arrivals 2016 to 2018

67,415 57,066 26,971

4,886 4,134 3,584 3,215 2,441 2,249 3,447 2,364 2,110 2,012 3,080 2,970 1,633 1,526 1,256 1,156 1,920 1,991 1,721 1,665 1,393 1,554 1,089

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2016 2017 2018

Note – arrivals during the first months of 2016 exceeded 100,000. To better enable comparison between 2016, 2017 & 2018, the monthly arrivals chart has been truncated at 8,000.

Demographics 60+ 0.3 0.4 50-59 0.9 1.0

Similar to last year, over one-third of arrivals in 2018 are 40-49 3.7 2.2

children. Of those, 7 out of 10 are below the age of 12. 30-39 10.6 5.5

Additionally, 10% of all children were registered upon 25-29 9.4 5.3

arrival as unaccompanied or seperated, mainly from Syria 18-24 14.6 7.9

and Afghanistan. Some 35% of arrivals are men between Age groups 12-17 6.9 3.9

18 and 39 years old. Only 3% of arrivals are 50 years old 5-11 7.0 6.1

or older. 0-4 7.2 7.0

20 15 10 5 0 5 10 15 20 % over the total population Male Female

UNHCR 5 April 2018 more information: data.unhcr.org/mediterranean 1 March 2018. 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.

March 2018

Demographics (continued)

The majority of new arrivals in 2018 are from Syria (2,024), Iraq (1,457) and Afghanistan (628), thus following the trend of arrivals of the last two years. Typically, these three nationalities arrive in family groups.

Overall 40% 22% 21% 17%

Syrian Arab Republic 2,024 (38%) Syrian Arab Republic 30% 24% 26% 20%

Iraq 1,457 (27%) Iraq 38% 19% 22% 21%

Afghanistan 628 (12%) Afghanistan 32% 24% 24% 19%

Congo, Dem. Rep. of 174 (3%) Congo, Dem. Rep. of 52% 37% 6% 5%

State of Palestine 135 (3%) 2% Cameroon 58% 39% 1%

Other 912 (17%) Other 63% 16% 13% 8%

Men Women Boys Girls

Entry points During the first two months of 2018, the majority of refugees and migrants in Greece arrive on Lesvos (2,856), Samos (1,374) and the Dodecanese islands (771). In March, refugees and migrants arrived on six islands. Lesvos receives the highest numbers of people from Syria and Afghanistan over the overall number of sea arrivals in Greece in 2018, whilst Chios mainly receives family groups from Syria and Iraq.

Lesvos 2,856 (54%) Lesvos 43% 19% 17% 3% 4% 14%

1,374 Samos (26%) Samos 41% 25% 9% 3% 5% 18%

2% Dodecanese Dodecanese 771 (14%) 21% 57% 20% islands islands 1%

Chios 329 (6%) Chios 26% 44% 3% 27%

Syrian Arab Republic Iraq Afghanistan Cameroon Congo, Democratic Republic of Other