The number of migrants detected at E.U. borders tripled in July from a year earlier at 107,500, marking the highest number of entries in one month since data was first collected in 2008.
The majority of people illegally entering the E.U. are fleeing Afghanistan and war-torn Syria, Frontex says.
The border agency plans to release statistics for August, a month dominated by migrant tragedy headlines, next week.
A number of boats off the coast of Libya capsized over the past four weeks, with bodies washing up on Turkish and Libyan shores. Over 2,500 refugees and migrants have died or gone missing while trying to cross the Mediterranean since January alone, according to statistics from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Source: Europe's migrant crisis
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