218,394 migrants reached EU by sea last month in record tally

The UN refugee agency has said more than 218,000 migrants crossed the Mediterranean in October, a record monthly tally this year and almost as many as in all of 2014.

218,394 migrants reached EU by sea last month in record tally

The UN refugee agency has said more than 218,000 migrants crossed the Mediterranean in October, a record monthly tally this year and almost as many as in all of 2014.

The UNHCR said 210,265 people crossed the sea from Turkey to Greece alone last month and another 8,129 went from north Africa to Italy through October 29.

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