Profiling of Syrian arrivals on Greek islands in January 2016
UNHCR
Highlights
In the month of January 2016, 60,000 people made the journey across the Mediterranean to Greece. In 2015, there were 856,000 sea arrivals. UNHCR initiated a data collection and analysis exercise with support from the Joint IDP Profiling Service (JIPS) in order to better inform the wider community on the profile of refugees arriving to Greece, and improve immediate response and longer term planning.
The exercise focused on Syrian and Afghan arrivals, and this factsheet illustrates the results of interviews with SYRIANS during January 2016.