(Kathimerini) The number of refugees and migrants arriving in Greece by sea has more than doubled in 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, according to updated data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Indicatively, the data showed that between January 1 and August 13, a total of 10,790 refugees and migrants arrived in Greece via sea routes. In the corresponding period of 2022, arrivals by sea were less than half at 5,216. Most of these arrivals were from the Palestinian territories (1,394), followed by those from Afghanistan (717), Somalia (636), Syria (561) and Eritrea (536).
