Europe Hits 2015 Milestone: 1M Migrants

A few thousand migrants and refugees made it to Greece on Monday, giving Europe a pretty big milestone: More than 1 million people have now entered the continent "through irregular means" in 2015, in what amounts to the biggest such migration since WWII, reports the Guardian. That figure is up fourfold from last year, notes the 162-nation International Organization for Migration. As anyone keeping even a cursory eye on headlines might guess, the vast majority of these newcomers—about 816,000—arrived in Greece via the sea. Most were from Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq. The agency also says that 3,695 people drowned trying to make the trip or remain missing, reports the BBC. (More migrants stories.)