MIXED MIGRATION FLOWS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN COMPILATION OF AVAILABLE DATA AND INFORMATION MAY 2017 TOTAL ARRIVALS TOTAL ARRIVALS TOTAL ARRIVALS 72,377 TO EUROPE 71,207 TO EUROPE BY SEA 1,170TO EUROPE BY LAND Content Highlights • Cummulative Arrivals and Weekly Overview According to available data, there have been 72,377 new arrivals to Greece, • Overview Maps Italy, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Spain between 1 January and 31 May 2017. • EU-Turkey Statement Overview Until 31 May 2017, there were estimated 60,228 cumulative arrivals to Italy, • Relocations compared to 47,851 arrivals recorded at the end of the same month in 2016 • Bulgaria (26% increase). Contrary to that, Greece has seen a 95% lower number of arrivals by the end May 2017 when compared to the same period 2016 • Croatia (8,025 and 158,461 respectively). • Cyprus At the end of May, total number of migrants and refugees stranded in • Greece Greece, Cyprus and in the Western Balkans reached 72,799. Since the im- • Hungary plementation of the EU-Turkey Statement on 18 March 2016, the number of • Italy migrants stranded in Greece increased by 55%. More information could be found on page 5. • Romania Between October 2015 and 31 May 2017, 20,289 individuals have been • Serbia relocated to 24 European countries. Please see page on relocations for more • Slovenia information. • Turkey In the first four months of 2017, total of 1,191 migrants and refugees were • The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia readmitted from Greece to Turkey as part of the EU-Turkey Statement. The • Central Mediterranean majority of migrants and refugees were Pakistani, Syrian, Algerian, Afghan, and Bangladeshi nationals (more info in Turkey section). • Contingency Countries • Missing Migrants: Fatalities/Missing in the More information about Central Mediterranean and the contingency coun- Mediterranean and Aegenan tries in the Western Balkans is available on pages 35 and 36. • About this report Contact: Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) [email protected], [email protected] Cover: Migrants crossing Serbian - Croatian border, October 2015. Francesco Malavolta/IOM 2015. MIGRATION FLOWS FROM IRAQ TO EUROPE FEBRUARY 2016 MIGRATIONDISPLACEMENT FLOWS TRACKING FROM & MONITORING IRAQ TO (DTM) EUROPE FEBRUARY 2016 MIGRATIONDISPLACEMENT FLOWS TRACKING TO & MONITORINGEUROPE (DTM) DISPLACEMENT TRACKING MATRIX (DTM) MAY 2017 Overview of Arrivals Daily trends of cumulative arrivals since 1 January 2017 70,000 60,228 60,000 50,000 40,000 Bulgaria Cyprus 30,000 Spain Italy 20,000 Greece 10,000 8,196 3,314 366 0 273 01-Jan-17 08-Jan-17 15-Jan-17 22-Jan-17 29-Jan-17 02-Apr-17 09-Apr-17 16-Apr-17 23-Apr-17 30-Apr-17 05-Feb-17 12-Feb-17 19-Feb-17 26-Feb-17 05-Mar-17 12-Mar-17 19-Mar-17 26-Mar-17 07-May-17 14-May-17 21-May-17 28-May-17 Cumulative arrivals since 1January 2017 Arrivals in May 2017 Greece 8,196 11.3% Spain Greece 3,314 2,425 4.6% 9.5% Bulgaria Bulgaria 366 40 0.5% 0.2% Cyprus 273 0.4% Italy Italy 22,993 60,228 90.3% 83.2% 2 MIGRATION FLOWS FROM IRAQ TO EUROPE FEBRUARY 2016 MIGRATIONDISPLACEMENT FLOWS TRACKING TO EUROPE & MONITORING (DTM) DISPLACEMENT TRACKING MATRIX(DTM) MAY 2017 Daily trends: other countries* 600 45 40 500 35 400 30 25 300 20 Daily arrivals Cumulative arrivals 200 15 10 100 5 0 0 Cumulative arrivals in 2017 Daily arrivals *There were no recorded arrivals in the other countries on the Western Balkans route in the reporting period. Weekly trends: countries of first arrival 3 MIGRATION FLOWS FROM IRAQ TO EUROPE FEBRUARY 2016 MIGRATIONDISPLACEMENT FLOWS TRACKING FROM & MONITORING IRAQ TO (DTM) EUROPE FEBRUARY 2016 MIGRATIONDISPLACEMENT FLOWS TRACKING TO & MONITORINGEUROPE (DTM) DISPLACEMENT TRACKING MATRIX (DTM) MAY 2017 Overview Map - Migrants Flows to Europe 4 MIGRATION FLOWS FROM IRAQ TO EUROPE FEBRUARY 2016 MIGRATIONDISPLACEMENT FLOWS TRACKING TO EUROPE & MONITORING (DTM) DISPLACEMENT TRACKING MATRIX(DTM) MAY 2017 Overview - Stranded Migrants and Asylum Seekers STRANDED MIGRANTS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS TRENDS - MARCH 2016 VS. MAY 2017 Country 2016 2017 % change Greece 42,688 62,193 46% the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1,199 39 -97% Serbia 1,706 6,282 292% Croatia* 231 594 157% Slovenia** 408 256 -37% Hungary / 482 / Bulgaria 865 2,680 210% Cyprus* / 273 / Total 47,097 72,799 55% *Number of Asylum Seekers **As of 26 April. 5 MIGRATION FLOWS FROM IRAQ TO EUROPE FEBRUARY 2016 MIGRATIONDISPLACEMENT FLOWS TRACKING FROM & MONITORING IRAQ TO (DTM) EUROPE FEBRUARY 2016 MIGRATIONDISPLACEMENT FLOWS TRACKING TO & MONITORINGEUROPE (DTM) DISPLACEMENT TRACKING MATRIX (DTM) MAY 2017 EU-Turkey Statement Overview On 18 March 2016, the European Union and Turkey have agreed on a plan to end irregular migration flows from Turkey to the EU. The document states that: • From the 20 March 2016, all persons who do not have a right to international protection in Greece will be returned to Turkey, this action will be based on the Readmission Agreement from 2002 signed between the countries. From the 1 of June 2016 the deal between the EU and Turkey entered into force and established the basis for returns between Greece and Turkey from that point on. • There will be no mass returns, each individual arriving on Greek shores and appliying for asylum after 1 June 2016, goes through an expedited examination procedure. Those who do not apply for asylum or whose applications were considered unfounded or inadmissible in accordance with the Asylum Procedures Directive will be returned to Turkey. • In order to create a smooth process, Turkey and Greece as well as the EU institutions and agencies will take all the necessary steps and agree on any necessary bilateral agreements including the presence of Turkish officials on Greek islands and vice versa as of 20 March 2016 in order to ensure the liaison and a better func- tioning of the return mechanism • Member States declare their readiness to provide with a short notice, if needed, border guards, asylum ex- perts, interpreters etc. to Greece. • The Commission will coordinate all necessary support for Greece, under the EU-Turkey Statement, and will develop an operational plan. • The resettlement of Syrians will go under 1:1 mechanism. Priority will be given to the Syrians who have not previously entered or tried to enter the EU irregulary. The EU will take into account the UN Vulnerability Cri- teria during the selection process. The latest EC report on Relocation and Resettlement is available here. Source: European Commission 6 MIGRATION FLOWS FROM IRAQ TO EUROPE FEBRUARY 2016 MIGRATIONDISPLACEMENT FLOWS TRACKING TO EUROPE & MONITORING (DTM) DISPLACEMENT TRACKING MATRIX(DTM) MAY 2017 Relocations as of 31 May 2017 Based the on Commission’s proposals, the Justice and Home Affairs Council adopted two decisions in September 2015 to relocate 160,000 asylum seekers from frontline Member States, to assist them in dealing with the pressures of the refugee crisis. Under the emergency relocation scheme, up to 106,000 persons in need of international protection with a high chance of having their applications successfully processed (EU average recognition rate of over 75%) are to be relocated from Greece and Italy, where they have arrived, to other Member States where they will have their asylum applications processed. If these applications are successful, the applicants will be granted refugee status with the right to reside in the Member State to which they are relocated. Following the EU-Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016, total of 54,000 places which had been foreseen for relocation from possible other Member States, were re-allocated for the purpose of legal admission of Syrians from Turkey to the EU. As the Commission informed, Member States had by March 2017 already indicated their intention to admit 34,000 out of these 54,000, including via resettlement. In the Eleventh Report on Relocation & Resettlement, the Commission noted that the number of eligible persons in Greece and Italy is lower than expected. The Commission has therefore readjusted the target number to approx. 27,000 from Greece and 8,000 from Italy to relocate all eligible asylum seekers within the remaining months The relocations from Greece and Italy should take place over two years (September 2015-2017), with the EU budget providing financial support to the Member States participating. IOM is implementing the pre-departure health assessments, Member State From Greece From Italy Total pre-departure orientation and actual transfer of the Belgium 502 121 623 beneficiaries in coordination with Italy and Greece as well as the Member States to which relocation takes place. Bulgaria 47 0 47 Croatia 36 18 54 Cyprus 55 34 89 The European Commission has made available an overview of Member States’ support to the EU relocation mechanism. To Czech Republic 12 0 12 date, 25 countries have committed to make places available Estonia 130 0 130 under the scheme, namely Belgium (630), Bulgaria (550), Croatia Finland 941 653 1594 (46), Cyprus (140), Czech Republic (50), Estonia (264), Finland (1,820), France (5,490), Germany (8,250), Ireland (596), Latvia France 3.154 330 3.484 (438), Liechtenstein (10), Lithuania (600), Luxembourg (270), Germany 2.943 2.512 5.455 Malta (144), the Netherlands (1,575), Norway (1,500), Poland Ireland 459 0 459 (100), Portugal (1,618), Romania (1,942), Slovakia (40), Slovenia Latvia 281 27 308 (180), Spain (900), Sweden (350) and Switzerland (1,460) with an overall number of only 28,963 places. You can find the overview Lithuania 267 17 284 here. Liechtenstein 10 0 10 Luxembourg 216