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Loading Most common nationalities of Mediterranean sea and land arrivals from January 2020

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    Loading Sea arrivals in 2021

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    Previous years Arrivals * Dead and missing
    2020 95,031 1,401
    2019 123,663 1,335
    2018 141,472 2,270
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    2016 373,652 5,096
    2015 1,032,408 3,771
    2014 225,455 3,538

    * Include sea arrivals to Italy, Cyprus, and Malta, and both sea and land arrivals to Greece and Spain (including the Canary Islands). Data are as of 31 December 2020 for all countries except Cyprus for which last available data are as of 31 August 2020.

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