The document summarizes key statistics and information related to the migrant crisis in Europe: - Over 1 million migrants arrived in Europe by sea in 2015, four times more than in 2014. The largest numbers arrived through the Eastern Mediterranean route to Greece and through the Central Mediterranean to Italy. - Germany received the highest number of asylum applications in the EU, with over 41,000 in 2014 and an expected 1.5 million by the end of 2015. Sweden, Hungary and Austria also received large numbers of Syrian asylum applications. - In response, the EU has pledged funds to Turkey to help stem migrant flows, proposed relocating 160,000 migrants from frontline states like Greece and Italy, and plans to expand the border agency