"As of 21 December, some 972,500 had crossed the Mediterranean Sea, according to UNHCR figures. In addition, IOM estimates that over 34,000 have crossed from Turkey into Bulgaria and Greece by land." 

"Over 800,000 refugees and migrants came via the Aegean Sea from Turkey into Greece, accounting for 80 per cent of the people arriving irregularly in Europe by sea this year. At the same time, the number of people crossing from North Africa into Italy dropped slightly, from 170,000 in 2014 to around 150,000 in 2015," uvádza UNHCR.

Podľa údajov Eurostat celkový požet žiadateľov o azyl v štátoch EÚ (spolu s Nórskom a Švajčiarskom) presiahol číslo 1 321 000. Podobné číslo uvádza aj BBC v článku o migračnej kríze. Uvedené číslo značí celkový počet podaných žiadostí, pričom je dôležitá aj informácia o počte tzv. first time applicant, čiže ľudí, ktorí prvýkrát žiadajú o azyl: "A first time applicant for international protection is a person who lodged an application for asylum for the first time in a given EU Member State and therefore excludes repeat applicants in that Member State and so it reflects more accurately reflects the number of newly arrived persons applying for international protection in the given Member State. "
V roku 2015 bolo evidovaných 1 255 685 takých žiadostí.