Highlights
Greece: IOM’s team of cultural mediators provided information services to 131 newly arrived migrants at the First Reception Centres in Lesvos and Samos islands, and registered 156 migrants in Lesvos. Additionally,
IOM’s teams provided medical assistance and psychosocial sessions to 588 beneficiaries.Croatia: IOM continues to deliver English and Croatian language courses to migrants and asylum seekers accommodated at the Reception Centre for Asylum Seekers in Zagreb and at the Reception Centre for Foreigners in Ježevo.
As of 29 June, IOM has delivered a total of 87 language classes and 27 culture orientation courses.Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: IOM manages two mobile teams each consisting of three staff members (a translator, a social worker and a medical officer) in reception centres in Tabanovce and Gevgelija who actively monitor and screen the migrants and refugees to help ensure that those with vulnerabilities, especially victims of trafficking, are identified and referred to the appropriate services.
Niger: IOM registered 138 new migrants requesting voluntary return services at the IOM transit centres.
Over 18,000 outgoing and over 9,500 incoming migrants were also registered at the IOM flow monitoring points in the Agadez region.
SITUATION OVERVIEW
As of 29 June 2016, a total of 232,767 migrants and refugees have arrived to Europe by land and sea routes since the start of 2016, the majority of whom have entered by sea through Greece (158,237) and Italy (65,478).
According to the Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG), between 16 and 26 June, there were more than 10 boat incidents off the coasts of Lesvos,
Samos, Chios, and Kos islands that required search and rescue operations. The HCG managed to rescue a total of 291 migrants and refugees who were transferred for further processing to the respective islands.
On 23 June, Greece’s Alternate Migration Policy Minister, Yannis Mouzalas, announced that the country would prepare and provide accommodation and hospitality for 500 unaccompanied refugee children by July.
In the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the number of stranded migrants remaining in the reception centre of Gevgelija is 134 (29 women, 44 men, and 61 children). Approximately 121 migrants are hosted at the camp in Tabanovce.
In Serbia, the number of stranded migrants as of 28 June is 863. During the reporting period, approximately 534 persons expressed their interest in seeking asylum in the country, bringing the total number of asylum seekers to 4,399 since the start of the year.
As of 28 June, the Turkish Coast Guard (TCG) has rescued 26,092 migrants and refugees since the start of this year.