I begyndelsen af august 2015 udtalte FN's Flygtningehøjkommissær, at 250.000 flygtninge var ankommet i Europa over havet i 2015, 124.000 til Grækenland og 98.000 til Italien.<ref name=BBCnavyrescues /> Juli satte en ny rekord for en enkelt måned, hvor 107.500 flygtninge skønnes at være ankommet til EU,<ref name=JulySetsRecord>{{cite news |title=European Union border agency: Number of migrants entering EU hits new monthly record in July |url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/08/18/european-union-border-agency-number-migrants-entering-eu-hits-new-monthly/ |access-date=18. august 2015 |agency=AP |publisher=Fox News |date=18. august 2015 |archive-date=25. september 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925110912/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/08/18/european-union-border-agency-number-migrants-entering-eu-hits-new-monthly/ |url-status=live }} {{en sprog}}</ref> og i august kaldte en talsmand for Europa-Kommissionen situationen for "udover akut", og sagde, at et "kollektivt europæisk svar" var forpligtet til at beskæftige sig med de hundredtusinder af mennesker, der forsøger at nå de europæiske kyster.<ref name=BBCnavyrescues>{{cite news |title=European migrant crisis: Italy navy rescues 50 from dinghy |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33882177 |access-date=14. august 2015 |publisher=BBC |date=12. august 2015 |archive-date=13. august 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813121402/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33882177 |url-status=live }} {{en sprog}}</ref><ref name=Yeginsu>{{cite news |last1=Yeginsu |first1=Ceylan |title=Amid Perilous Mediterranean Crossings, Migrants Find a Relatively Easy Path to Greece |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/17/world/europe/turkey-greece-mediterranean-kos-bodrum-migrants-refugees.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news |access-date=16. august 2015 |work=New York Times |date=16. august 2015 |archive-date=19. august 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150819013618/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/17/world/europe/turkey-greece-mediterranean-kos-bodrum-migrants-refugees.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news |url-status=live }} {{en sprog}}</ref>
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