More than one million refugees have entered Europe during 2015

A staggering one million refugees mostly from Syria and Middle East countries have entered Europe during 2015 as indicated by the International Organization for Migration. This figure passed a symbolic milestone amid the fallout of war, poverty and persecution in Africa and the Middle East.
This has been reported in foxnews.com dated 22 December 2015.

The Geneva-based 162-country intergovernmental organization has said that the million mark has already crossed and it marks more than a four-fold increase from last year.
As per figures made available, IOM has indicated that ore than 820,000 crossed into Greece from Turkey, including more than 455,000 from Syria and over 186,000 from Afghanistan. Nearly 3,700 others died trying to cross the Mediterranean.
The response of Germany and Sweden have been most welcoming and accommodating, while some less-wealthy eastern European countries have erected border fences in order to stem the flow of refugees. Germany has seen around 1 million migrants arrive this year - that figure includes refugees who have arrived from Balkan countries earlier in 2015.

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