Refugees walk toward a gathering point to board a bus to a registration center, after arriving on a vessel from the Turkish coast to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos. Photo is from Dec. 3.(Photo: AP)
BERLIN — With just days left in 2015, the International Organization for Migration said Tuesday that<span style="color: Red;">*</span>more than 1 million migrants and refugees have crossed into Europe this year.
The Geneva-based group<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the million mark was crossed Monday. It<span style="color: Red;">*</span>marks<span style="color: Red;">*</span>more than a four-fold increase from last year. The figures cover arrivals to Europe by land and sea.
Around 1 million migrants arrived in Germany in 2015, but that is a figure that includes<span style="color: Red;">*</span>large numbers of people from Europe's Balkan countries such as Albania and Serbia. The IOM data cover entries to Europe from six European Union countries: Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, Malta and Cyprus.
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Some 3,695 migrants drowned or remain missing trying to reach Europe, the IOM said. It<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said more than 455,000 Syrians crossed into Greece from Turkey this year and over 186,000 from Afghanistan.
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