Refugee numbers for October equal to 2014

The number of migrants and refugees entering Europe by sea last month was roughly the same as for the whole of 2014, United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said.

The monthly record of 218,394 also outstripped September’s 172,843, UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards said.

“That makes it the highest total for any month to date and roughly the same as the entire total for 2014,” he said.