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A record 156,000 migrants entered EU in August

Ben Bassey
Ben Bassey 11:50 - 15 September 2015
A record 156,000 migrants entered EU in August - border agency Frontex
A record 156,000 migrants entered EU in August - border agency Frontex
That compares to just 280,000 migrants crossing EU borders for the whole of 2014.
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A record 156,000 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 500,000.

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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.

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