European Migration Situation Report: International Organization of Migration
April 9th, 2016Europe-Med-Migration-Response_Sitrep18-7April2016
“….As of 6 April 2016, 175,797 migrants and refugees have arrived to Europe by land and sea routes since the start of 2016, the majority of whom have entered by sea through Greece (152,461) and Italy (19,322).
On 4 April, as part of the EU-Turkey agreement, Greece began deportations of migrants to Turkey. Under heavy security measures on the island of Lesvos and Chios, 202 individuals were deported to Turkey (136 from Lesvos and 66 from Chios).
As of 9 March, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Croatia and Slovenia all closed their borders, shutting down the Western Balkans route. Due to the closure of the route, as of 5 April, the number of migrants and refugees who have been registered in the country since the start of the year remain at 89,623. The number of people remaining at the reception centre in Gevgelija is currently 125, out of which 30 are women, 38 are men and 57 are children. In Tabanovce centre, approximately 1,100 people remain stranded.
In Serbia, new arrivals have also ceased and as of 6 April, the total number of migrants and refugees that have entered the country remain at 90,177.
In Croatia, no new entries have been registered at the Slavonski Brod reception transit centre. Since its opening in November 2015, the Slavonski Brod reception transit centre has accommodated 347,152 migrants and refugees. Currently there are only 111 people hosted in the centre.
On 31 March, the Slovenian Government appointed an interdepartmental working group to coordinate the implementation plan to relocate 567 persons from Italy and Greece and to permanently resettle 20 from Syria. The working group will prepare an accommodation plan for those being resettled as well as an integration plan that will focus on accessing the labour market and the education system.