Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Greece, Iraq, occupied Palestinian territory, Syrian Arab Republic, World
Overview
So far in 2019, a total of 3,337 refugees and migrants arrived in Greece by sea. The majority are from Afghanistan (42%), Iraq (12%) and the State of Palestine (12%). More than half of the population are women (23%) and children (39%), while 38% are men.
Arrivals in February 2019, at 1,486 decreased in comparison to January, when 1,851 people had arrived on the islands. Arrivals during 2019 are 16% higher than those in 2018.
Lesvos received the majority (44%) of all new arrivals, during the first two months of 2019, followed by Samos (25%), the Dodecanese islands (19%) and Chios (12%).