(ANSA) - Istanbul, March 1 - Some 131,724 migrants and
refugees arrived on European coasts across the Mediterranean in
the first two months of the year, the office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Tuesday.
More than 90% (122,637) landed in Greece. The figure is higher
than that for the first five months of 2015. Italy and, to an
even higher degree, Greece have been struggling to cope with a
massive influx fuelled by the war in Syria and conflicts and
hunger elsewhere.
131,000 migrant arrivals in Europe
90% in Greece