Central Mediterranean Route Situation

A child bicycles down a runway at a former air force base in northern Greece. The facility is now a refugee camp with container homes erected by UNHCR on the runway. The refugee accommodation site of Nea Kavala, Kilkis city, is located in Northern Greece and was set up in 2016 at the facilities of a former airport to temporarily accommodate asylum seekers in the region. In June 2017 it hosted ca. 400 asylum seekers of various nationalities, including from Syria, Iraq and Eritrea. © UNHCR/Leo Dobbs 2017

Updates and additional information, including the latest arrival trends, are available on UNHCR's Inter-Agency Information Sharing Portal.

Latest updates

UNHCR overview of the Central Mediterranean Risk Mitigation Strategy

UNHCR overview of the Central Mediterranean Risk Mitigation Strategy

May 2018

UNHCR Sea Arrivals to Italy Dashboard

UNHCR Sea Arrivals to Italy Dashboard

March 2018

UNHCR Desperate Journeys Report

UNHCR Desperate Journeys Report

January 2017 - March 2018

UNHCR Monthly Report for Europe

UNHCR Monthly Report for Europe

April 2018

Funding Requirements

UNHCR Central Mediterranean Route 2018 Supplementary Appeal

UNHCR Central Mediterranean Route 2018 Supplementary Appeal

January - December 2018

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