Slightly fewer than half as many migrants reached Europe by sea in 2017 than 2016, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday, with curbs finally cutting traffic on the deadly route from Libya to Italy.

… Mediterranean route between Turkey and Greece has largely been shut by … said for the arrivals in Greece with 29,595 for 2017 … have been keeping numbers on Greece,” he said. In 2016, some … migrants arrived by sea in Greece, according to IOM figures. Some …

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