Greece: Greece Aegean Islands Weekly Snapshot: 22 – 28 April 2019
Arrivals
This week, 662 people arrived on the Aegean islands, an increase from last week’s 444 arrivals but a decrease from last year’s 752 arrivals during the same period.
The average daily arrivals this week equalled 95, compared to 63 in the previous week.
Population on the Islands
Some 14,600 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 (10%).
Women account for 20% of the population and children for 34% of whom more than 6 out of 10 are younger than 12 years old.
Approximately 13% of the children are unaccompanied or separated, mainly from Afghanistan.
Some 40% are men between 18 and 39 years old.
