The Refugee Crisis in Greece in Numbers and Startling Photos

125,000: Number of migrant/refugees who have arrived in Greece between January and July 2015

17,800: Number of migrant/refugees who arrived in Greece the same time period in 2014

 

61,636: Arrivals on Lesvos between January and July 2015

 

34,367: Arrivals on Dodecanese Islands (including Kos) between January and July 2015

 

21,925: Arrivals on Chios between January and July 2015

 

14,604: Arrivals on Samos between January and July 2015

2,092: Arrivals on Crete between January and July 2015

 

2,500: Number of people the ferryboat Eleftherios Venizelos will hold on Kos to alleviate the problems on the island due to overcrowding

 

3: Number of minutes of video footage from a Syrian tank’s go pro camera to understand why so many Syrians are fleeing their country