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Daily Report Arrivals and departures

An estimated number of 1,375 people lost their lives with humanitarian assistance in formal sites and 25 at sea while attempting to reach Europe this year, informal sites such as Eidomeni. On 23 May, the which is 25% lower than the number people who died Greek Government announced the evacuation of during the same period of time in 2015 (1,828). As of approximately 9,000 people, informing refugees and 24 May, no such events took place in the Aegean Sea, migrants accordingly. The evacuation of the site where during the first months of the year (as of April), began on 24 May and is ongoing. Key Figures 376 people died. By contrast, nearly 95 refugees and migrants drowned in the Mediterranean Sea during Key Developments May last year, and an estimated 330 died in May 2014. So far this year, 190,960 people reached Europe via At the UN World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Arrivals0 to the Mediterranean Sea (Spain: 903, Italy: 33,907, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras expressed his Greek Islands : 156,150). As of 23 May, 190,057 people satisfaction with the implementation of the EU- Yesterday arrived to Italy and Greece. Agreement so far, saying that refugee flows have significantly diminished. During a meeting with Turkish On 24 May, five separate disembarkation operations President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Tsipras noted that of people rescued at sea took place in Augusta (508 people smuggling seems to have been deterred to a Departures48 to people), Catania (395 people), Pozzallo (417 people), great extent, with NATO’s participation being a crucial Greece Mainland Reggio Calabria (290 people), and Crotone (395 element. Yesterday people) totalling 2,005 people. People mainly originate from Sub-Saharan countries, , Eritrea, , Planning, preparation and funding Palestine, and . Reportedly, another 850 people were intercepted by Libyan authorities. Several The European Commission has awarded 25 million Departures0 to hundred rescued refugees and migrants are due euros in emergency funding to the European Asylum Turkey to arrive in Italian ports today following rescue Support Office (EASO) to enhance its capacity to on 24 May 2016 operations. further support Greek authorities. These additional resources will be used to support the implementation Condition of People of the EU-Turkey Statement of 18 March and the EU emergency relocation scheme. The funding is In Greece, at Eidomeni, where thousands of refugees provided under the Asylum, Migration and Integration and migrants have been camping for the past two Fund (AMIF) of EC DG Home and will allow for the months in hopes that the border crossing would deployment of additional member state experts and re-open and they would be able to continue their interpreters, as well as the setting up of mobile EASO journey, decongestion efforts have been ongoing. offices in hotspots to assist with asylum application People are transferred to several sites throughout processing. mainland Greece. UNHCR has provided people

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Average Daily Arrivals Average Daily Arrivals 23-24 May As of 24 May

2,700 -93% from previous week -61% from previous 2,500 month

1,600 1,400

1,100 600 374 300 94 79 113 53 69 36 45 3

8-14 Feb 15-21 Feb 22-28 Feb 29 Feb -6 Mar 7 - 13 Mar 14-20 Mar 21-27 Mar 28 Mar -3 Apr 4-10 Apr 11-17 April 18-24 Apr 25 Apr -1 May 2-8 May 9-15 May 16-22 May 23-24 May

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Arrivals to Greek Estimated Arrivals and People Present* per Country Islands Yesterday 18 May - 24 May 01 Turkey Lesvos arrivals 02 Greek Islands Arrivals: 0 Present*: 8,467

08 Greece Mainland Arrivals: 48 06 Present*: 45,408 Chios arrivals 07 05 03 fYRoM** Arrivals: 0 Present*: 404 04 04 Serbia Arrivals: 68 Present*: 1,400 Samos arrivals 03 05 Arrivals: 0 Present*: 69

02 06 Hungary 01 Arrivals: 169 Present*: - Kos arrivals 07 Slovenia Arrivals: 0 Present*: - * Number of people present in Greece and estimated number of people currently present in countries along the previous route not applying for asylum 08 Austria ** The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (please note that the fYRoM abbreviation is used for design Arrivals: - purposes) Present*: -

Greek Islands and Turkey: Estimated Arrivals and Transfers

A Lesvos Arrivals: - to Mainland: 46 to Turkey: - B Chios A Arrivals: - 01 to Mainland: 2 to Turkey: - C Samos Arrivals: - 02 to Mainland: - B to Turkey: - D Leros Arrivals: - to Mainland: - C to Turkey: - E Kos Arrivals: - to Mainland: - D to Turkey: - Other Arrivals: - to Mainland: - E to Turkey: -

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Statistics for Social Media Current Statistics for #idomeni #idomeni on 24 May General Media: A video has emerged online of an • 192 tweets, 958 retweets per hour experiment conducted by Amnesty Poland based on • Over 12.12 million impressions per hour psychologist Arthur Aron’s discovery that four minutes 7,900 of looking into a person’s eyes enables individuals to Yesterday, on the first day of operations to dismantle Total number of become closer. In the video uploaded by the Polish the informal site of Eidomeni, attention surrounding tweets arm of Amnesty International, Look Beyond Borders the topic gathered and maintained pace on both (YouTube) sat refugees opposite Europeans, one on media and social media. In terms of tweets, the first one, in order to remove the numbers and statistics significant spike in activity over the last month was 35,000 surrounding the refugee crisis, leaving behind the real observed yesterday with 7,900 individual tweets, Total number of people suffering in the situation. 35,000 retweets and 2,323,200 impressions. retweets Analytically, the hours between 7am and 11am Twitter Activity: Greek Reporter uploaded a video exhibited the height of Twitter activity for #idomeni. interview conducted with 2016 Pulitzer Prize-winning 2,323,200 photojournalist Yannis Behrakis. On his mission Facebook Activity: The Facebook page of UNHCR Total number of to become “the voice of the refugees”, Behrakis livestreamed from the World Humanitarian Summit impressions explained that the “tragic situation” of the refugees in Istanbul where UNHCR Spokesperson Melissa should remind people that there are “unfortunate Fleming demonstrated the registration process of people around the world”. According to him, in refugees in Jordan. capturing images of the refugee crisis, he aims to take pictures that “capture the interest of the one that looks AJ Plus posted a video of a floating cemetery in at the picture”. He also stressed that if one chooses memory of Syrian refugees who drowned at sea while to empathise with refugees and migrants, they should attempting to reach Europe via the Mediterranean Meetings do it “because you never know when you will become Sea. The project, which was created by Support to a refugee or a migrant”. The full interview can also be Life, an international humanitarian aid agency based 26 May Committee on Civil Liberties, viewed on YouTube. in Istanbul, Turkey, aims to raise money for refugees. Justice and Home Affairs extraordinary summit, Brussels

26-27 May G7 Summit, Ise-Shima, Japan Key Figures from the Portal 30 May 27-28 May Committee on Civil Liberties, Conference on the Protection of Human Rights of Refugees, Europe Refugee Emergency Justice and Home Affairs, Daily map indicating capacity and occupancy (Governmental figures) As of 4 May 2016 08:00 a.m. EET Brussels Asylum Seekers and Migrants, Greece

Drama Eidomeni Cherso 518 Total Mainland 10,172 3,987 500 Chalkero 45,519 people on sites 2,500 280 EKO Gas station 350 34,150 capacity 30 May Veria 1,137 Lagadikia 400 286 Total Islands 400 A Nea Kavala 8,212 people 3,959 Committee on Civil Liberties, Pieria (Camping Nireas) 2,500 393 7,450 capacity 400 Konitsa Pieria (Stadium) 167 Justice and Home Affairs, 319 Giannitsa 150 400 801 Tsepelovo Pieria (Petra Olympou) 900 143 957 Oreokastro Diavata Doliana 200 1,100 235 Brussels Pieria (Ktima Iraklis) 2,334 226 Larisa (Koutsochero) 1,500 Katsika 198 2,500 400 795 993 200 Alexandreia 1,500 Volos 1,500 816 79 1,200 port Filipiada 200 Moria 382 574 Lesvos 400 700 4,145 A 3,500 Thermopiles 290 400 Oinofyta Chios Schisto Ritsona 42 2,267 1,850 717 300 1,100 1,000 Malakasa 2,000 Skaramagas dock 1,290 Vial 2,880 1,500 Andravidas 2,880 Agios Andreas 338 188 Eleonas 300 B 120 Samos Vathy 1,621 1,047 Transit sites Lavrio Lavrio (Accom. Facility) 1,500 501 850 Informal sites and settlements 391 400 250 Reception and Identification Centers Piraeus (Closed facilities) Leros 2,169 494 UNHCR Sub Office Lepida 1,000 UNHCR Country Office Kalymnos UNHCR Field Unit 8 Temporary sites 0 Kos Elliniko I 152 1,035 Elliniko II Site 1,000 Rhodes 1,400 1,151 People on site 1,300 Capacity 99

Elliniko III Megisti 905 0 1,300 0 B Presence and capacity are based on Governmental figures from the Coordination Centre for the Management of the Refugee Crisis, as of 04/05/2016 08:00 a.m. Eastern European Time. Online map with additional information: http://www.unhcr.gr/sites Refugees/Migrants Emergency Response - Greece http://data.unhcr.org/mediterranean 24 May 2016

Last updated 22 May 2016 Increasing numbers of refugees and migrants take their chances aboard unseaworthy boats and dinghies in a desperate bid to reach Europe. The vast majority of those attempting this dangerous 156,150 arrivals by sea in 2016 crossing are in need of international protection, fleeing war, violence and persecution in their arrivals by sea in 2015 country of origin. Every year these movements continue to exact a devastating toll on human life. BULGARIA 856,723

THE FORMER of arrivals come from the world's Top­10 nationalities of Mediterranean sea arrivals YUGOSLAV 90% REPUBLIC OF top 10 refugee­producing countries Top­10 nationalities represent 100% of the sea arrivals MACEDONIA Idomeni based on arrivals since 1 Jan 2016 Istanbul Kavala Sea arrivals in 2016 Syrian Arab 49% ALBANIA Republic Thessaloniki Main routes through the Mediterranean 25%

Iraq 15%

Pakistan 4% GREECE 3% ITALY

3% Others Ionian Sea TURKEY

Aegean Sea Izmir

Athens

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Comparison of monthly Mediterranean sea arrivals 2015 2016

200,000 Sea of Crete Demographics based on arrivals since 1 Jan 2016 150,000

10% 123%8% 21% 7480%

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50,000 *Serbia (AND KOSOSVO: S/RES/1244 (1999)) Download excel data The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

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Timeline Overview

18 - 19 March 20 March 3 April 6 April EU-Turkey agreement reached EU-Turkey agreement New law implemented highlighting European Commission published implemented the creation of the Reception and communication on reforms to Identification Service, restructuring Common European Asylum of the Asylum Service, the creation System (CEAS) of an Appeals’ Authority, the creation of new Regional Asylum Offices

7 April 15 April 19 April 21 April Turkish government made an “No visa-free travel, no agreement” Facility for Refugees in Turkey: EU interior ministers formally amendment to the Temporary says Turkey’s EU minister Commission delivers an agreed on a proposal for a new Protection Regulation on access additional €110 million under the border and Coast Guard force that to Temporary Protection regarding implementation of EU-Turkey could intervene in under-pressure Syrian nationals, who irregularly agreement, Brussels countries like Greece to slow the travel to Europe and are returned influx of migrants. to Turkey from Greek islands.

23 April 27 April 4 May Merkel and EU officials visit Turkey Turkey amends labour legislation European Commission ‘backs’ Turkey visa liberalisation camp to grant those holding subsidiary protection work permits European Commission proposes a coordinated EU approach for temporary internal border controls regarding prolonging proportionate controls at certain internal Schengen borders, namely in Germany, Austria, Sweden, Denmark and Norway for a maximum period of six months.

6 May 9 May 18 May Bulgaria to readmit irregular 13 returned allegedly did not have Relocation and Resettlement: EU Member States must act to sustain arrivals to Turkey from June 1 opportunity to apply for asylum current management of flows in Greece The Turkish President has approved the legislative framework regarding the EU-Turkey Agreement with regards to the readmission of people from Greece

19 May 20 May - The European Commission awarded €56 million in emergency Commission reports on state of fundamental rights in the EU funding to improve conditions for refugees and migrants in Greece.

According to media reports at the NATO summit of Foreign Ministers Justice and Home Affairs Council, EU Interior Ministers discussed several held in Brussels, NATO discussed the possibility of broader EU-NATO issues relating to the refugee and migrant situation in Europe, in particular cooperation in the Mediterranean the implementation of the 18 March EU-Turkey Statement, broader responses to the situation, relocation, the European Border and Coast Guard, and visa policy

23 May 24 May The Foreign Affairs Council notably discussed external aspects of The European Commission migration, and, in particular, ways to further strengthen cooperation with has awarded 25 million euros the countries of origin and transit through a common EU approach. The in emergency funding to the Council also discussed and adopted conclusions on EUNAVFOR Med European Asylum Support Office Operation Sophia. Finally, the Council discussed and adopted conclusions (EASO) to enhance its capacity on the EU regional strategy for and Iraq to further support the Greek authorities.

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