---
title: "A decade of migration across Mediterranean to Europe’s shores"
description: "Monthly number of migrant detections by sea (January 2009 to August 2018), by route"
date: "2018-09-18"
authors:
  - name: "Ariana Rodriguez-Gitler"
    job_title: "Former Digital Producer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/ariana-rodriguez-gitler/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2018/09/18/a-decade-of-migration-across-the-mediterranean-to-europes-shores/"
categories:
  - "Immigrant Populations"
  - "Immigration & Migration"
  - "Immigration Trends"
---

# A decade of migration across Mediterranean to Europe’s shores