According to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, a record 218,394 migrants and refugees reached Europe by sea in October. The total for all of last year was around 219,000. Of this year's arrivals, 210,265 made the dangerous journey across the Aegean to Greece, many of them refugees from Syria, while 8,129 mainly from Northern Africa crossed the Mediterranean to Europe. Drownings and other deaths continue, including more than 70 children who have died making the same crossing as Kurdi did since his death.
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