UN: Over 1 Million Migrants Came to Europe in 2015

The United Nations agency for refugees says more than one million migrants crossed the water to emigrate to the European Union since the start of 2015, compared with 216,000 a year earlier. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said Wednesday that more than 80 percent of the refugees -- 1,000,573 people at last count -- landed in Greece, with the majority landing on the island of Lesbos. Most of those who landed in Greece came from Turkey. Most of the others crossed the...

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