GREECE Sea Arrivals Dashboard Overview

May 2018

So far in 2018, a total of 11,278 refugees and migrants arrived in Greece by sea. The majority are from Syria (43%), 11,278 Iraq (23%) and Afghanistan (11%). More than half of the sea arrivals January to April 2018 1 population are women (24%) and children (38%), while 38% are men. Arrivals from 2014 to 2018 Arrivals in May 2018, at 2,916 decreased in comparison to 856,723 April, when 3,032 people arrived on the islands. Arrivals during the first 5 months of 2018 are 55% higher than those of 2017. 173,450 Lesvos, Samos and the Dodecanese islands received 88% 41,038 29,718 11,278 of all new arrivals, during the first 5 months of 2018, followed by Chios (12%) and Crete (1%). 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Monthly Arrivals 2016 to 2018

67,415 57,066 26,971

4,886

4,134 3,650 3,584 3,215 3,032 2,916 2,441 2,249 3,447 2,364 2,110 2,012 3,080 2,970 1,633 1,256 1,526 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 0.4 60+ 0.5 1.0 50-59 1.1

Similar to last year, over one-third of arrivals in 2018 are 3.2 40-49 2.5

children. Of those, 7 out of 10 are below the age of 12. 10.5 30-39 6.0

Additionally, 10% of all children were registered upon 8.9 25-29 5.3

arrival as unaccompanied or seperated, mainly from Syria 14.6 18-24 8.3

and Afghanistan. Some 34% of arrivals are men between 6.8 12-17 3.5

18 and 39 years old. Only 3% of arrivals are 50 years old 6.7 5-11 6.2

or older. 7.5 0-4 6.8

Male Female

UNHCR 5 June 2018 more information: data.unhcr.org/mediterranean 1 May 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.

May 2018

Demographics (continued)

The majority of new arrivals in 2018 are from Syria (4,817), Iraq (2,623) and Afghanistan (1,236), thus following the trend of arrivals of the last two years. Typically, these three nationalities arrive in family groups.

Overall 39% 24% 21% 17%

Syrian Arab 4,817 Syrian Arab 31% 25% 25% 20% Republic (43%) Republic

2,623 Iraq Iraq 37% 21% 22% 20% (23%)

1,236 Afghanistan Afghanistan 33% 23% 26% 17% (11%)

Congo, Congo, Dem. Democratic 53% 36% 4% 7% Rep. of 388 (3%) Republic of

1% Cameroon Cameroon 304 (3%) 54% 43% 2%

1,910 Other Other 60% 19% 13% 8% (17%)

Men Women Boys Girls Entry points During the first five months of 2018, the majority of refugees and migrants in Greece arrive on Lesvos (6,231), Samos (2,190) and the Dodecanese islands (1,486). In May, refugees and migrants arrived on eight islands. Lesvos receives the highest numbers of people from Syria and Afghanistan over the overall number of sea arrivals in Greece in 2018, whilst arrivals to Crete originate from Iraq and Iran.

6,231 Lesvos Lesvos 46% 16% 16% 3%5% 15% (55%)

2,190 Samos Samos 45% 25% 9% 4%4% 14% (19%)

Dodecanese 1,486 Dodecanese 35% 41% 1% 23% islands (13%) islands

1,303 5% Chios (12%) Chios 35% 30% 2% 26% 1%

Crete 68 (1%) Crete 91% 9%

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