Greece: Greece Aegean Islands Weekly Snapshot: 08 – 14 April 2019
Arrivals
This week, 377 people arrived on the Aegean islands, an increase from last week’s 251 arrivals but a decrease from last year’s 774 arrivals during the same period.
The average daily arrivals this week equalled 54, compared to 36 in the previous week.
Population on the Islands
Some 14,300 refugees and migrants reside on the Aegean islands. The majority of the population on the Aegean islands are from Afghanistan (46%), Iraq (12%) and the State of Palestine (9%).
Women account for 20% of the population and children for 33% of whom more than 6 out of 10 are younger than 12 years old.
Approximately 14% of the children are unaccompanied or separated, mainly from Afghanistan.
Some 41% are men between 18 and 39 years old.
Entry Points by Sea
This week 377 people reached the Aegean islands, the majority of whom arrived to Dodecanese islands. The average daily arrivals on all islands was 54.
