“The number of migrants and refugees crossing the Mediterranean so far this year has exceeded 300,000, the UN’s refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday. Of those, almost 200,000 landed in Greece and 110,000 in Italy. By comparison, in 2014, a total of 219,000 people crossed the Mediterranean.”
Source: More than 300,000 refugees crossed Mediterranean in 2015 | News | DW.COM | 28.08.2015