Frontex says migrant arrivals in Greece in August were well below record levels
The number of migrants arriving on the Greek islands of the eastern Aegean in August remained well below the record levels from last year, Frontex said on Thursday.
Last month, the figure dropped to 3,430, down 97 percent compared to the same month of last year.
However, August also saw a first noticeable monthly increase since the EU-Turkey statement came into effect and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia applied stricter border policies at its border with Greece, the agency added. In July, the number of arrivals stood at 2,030.
Most of the new arrivals in the country last month were from Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.
The biggest migratory pressure in August was on Italy as it received 23,000 migrants, close to the number from the same month of last year.
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