Greece Sea Arrivals Dashboard (August 2018)
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Overview
So far in 2018, a total of 19,459 refugees and migrants arrived in Greece by sea. The majority are from Syria (32%), Iraq (20%) and Afghanistan (19%). More than half of the population are women (24%) and children (37%), while 39% are men.
Arrivals in August 2018, at 3,197 increased in comparison to July, when 2,545 people arrived on the islands. Arrivals during the first eight months of 2018 are 29% higher than those of the same period in 2017.
Lesvos has received more than half (53%) of all new arrivals, during the first 8 months of 2018, followed by Samos (19%), Dodecanese islands (14%), Chios (13%) and Crete (1%).