Greece: Greece Aegean Islands Weekly Snapshot: 12 – 18 August 2019
Arrivals
This week, 1,943 people arrived on the Aegean islands, an increase from last week’s 1,570 arrivals and from last year’s 1,069 arrivals during the same period.
The average daily arrivals this week equalled 278, compared to 224 in the previous week.
Population on the Islands
Some 22,700 refugees and migrants reside on the Aegean islands. The majority of the population on the Aegean islands are from Afghanistan (42%), Syria (11%) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (10%).
Women account for 22% of the population and children for 35%, of whom nearly 6 out of 10 are younger than 12 years old.
Approximately 18% of the children are unaccompanied or separated, mainly from Afghanistan.
Some 38% are men between 18 and 39 years old.
Entry Points by Sea
This week 1,943 people reached the Aegean islands, the majority of whom arrived to Lesvos. The average daily arrivals on all islands was 278.
Departures to the mainland
This week, 530 asylum-seekers departed, once authorized by the authorities, from the Aegean islands to the mainland. The Reception and Identification Service, jointly with UNHCR, transferred 149 asylum-seekers to open reception facilities/sites. With the support of UNHCR, an additional 22 people were moved to UNHCR’s apartments on the mainland.
