(ANSA) - Geneva, July 4 - The number of migrants and refugees who have arrived in Europe via sea so far this year has crossed the 100,000 threshold, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday. It said that 101,210 arrived via the Mediterranean from the start of 2017 up to July 3, with 85,183 landing in Italy. It estimated that 2,247 people died at sea in this period.
Over 101,000 arrivals in Europe by sea in 2017, 85,000 in Italy - IOM
IOM reports on asylum seeker arrivals so far this year