A record 156000 migrants entered EU in August: border agency Frontex


(MENAFN- The Peninsula)A refugee assists a toddler crossing Hungary's barbed-wire fence in this file photo.

BRUSSELS: A record 156000 migrants entered the European Union in August the bloc's border agency Frontex said on Tuesday taking the total for the year to more than 500000.

That compares to just 280000 migrants crossing EU borders for the whole of 2014.

August marked the fifth consecutive monthly record Frontex said as Europe struggles to deal with the flow of migrants fleeing poverty and turmoil in the Middle East and Africa

Reuters


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