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The Latest: 260,000 migrants reach Europe in 2016; 3,100 die

In this Aug. 8, 2016 picture police officers standing in front of the parish hall of St. Emmeram where refugees were living in Regensburg, Germany.The Roman Catholic diocese in Bavaria says it has ended a five-week protest at a church building by migrants from the Balkans. Some 50 migrants started camping out at Regensburg Cathedral early last month, demanding the right to stay in Germany and protesting the Balkan nations' designation as safe countries. A few days later, most moved to a vicarage across town. The diocese said the last 16 people were persuaded to leave Monday by police. (Armin Weigel/dpa via AP)
In this Aug. 8, 2016 picture police officers standing in front of the parish hall of St. Emmeram where refugees were living in Regensburg, Germany.The Roman Catholic diocese in Bavaria says it has ended a five-week protest at a church building by migrants from the Balkans. Some 50 migrants started camping out at Regensburg Cathedral early last month, demanding the right to stay in Germany and protesting the Balkan nations' designation as safe countries. A few days later, most moved to a vicarage across town. The diocese said the last 16 people were persuaded to leave Monday by police. (Armin Weigel/dpa via AP)

By Associated Press 2 min read

BERLIN (AP) – The Latest on Europe’s migrant crisis (all times local):

1:50 p.m.

The International Organization for Migration estimates that over 260,000 refugees and other migrants have arrived in Europe this year after crossing the Mediterranean Sea and that more than 3,100 have died attempting to cross.

The IOM said Tuesday that 263,636 people arrived by sea between Jan. 1 and Sunday – compared with 354,618 from January through the end of August 2015. It said 160,888 had arrived in Greece and 100,244 in Italy.

The organization put the number of dead or missing in the Mediterranean this year at 3,176 through Sunday – higher than the 2,754 it recorded in last year’s first eight months. More than 2,700 of those cases were on the dangerous central Mediterranean route between North Africa and Italy.