Italy was fourth with 30,223, and France was fifth with 29,832 demands. Many refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war and ISIS have been entering the European Union through Greece — 258,365 refugees entered Greece by boat so far this year — after going through Turkey.
http://www.businessinsider.com/map-of-europe-refugee-crisis-2015-9
This map shows the routes of Europe's refugee nightmare — and how it's getting worse. More than 150,000 refugees entered the European Union in August, increasing the total to more than half a million for the year, the European Union border agency announced.
http://www.businessinsider.com/map-of-europe-refugee-crisis-2015-9
But Italy provides none of these things to refugees. SPRAR, Italy's state-run protection program, has only 3,000 slots -- for 75,000 people in need, as the Italian refugee council estimated in 2012. As a result, many refugees become homeless as soon as they leave the camps.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/eu-refugees-the-plight-of-african-migrants-living-in-apulia-italy-a-906950.html
The United Nations estimates that 56,000 people fled by boat from African countries to Italy in 2011. The number declined significantly in 2012, but there were still thousands of refugees. More than one in three refugees is given a residence permit in Italy.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/eu-refugees-the-plight-of-african-migrants-living-in-apulia-italy-a-906950.html
In the first six months of 2015, Greece overtook Italy as the first EU country of arrival, becoming, in the summer 2015, the starting point of a flow of refugees and migrants moving through Balkan countries to northern European countries, mainly Germany and Sweden.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_migrant_crisis
More than 700,000 refugees have entered EU in 2015, border agency says. In September alone, 170,000 people were detected entering bloc, as Europe faces its biggest refugee crisis since WWII. October 13, 2015 8:44AM ET.
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/10/13/frontex-over-700000-refugees-entered-europe-in-2015.html
The refugees entering from African countries are reaching the EU mostly through Italy (121,500 arrivals by sea in 2015) and Spain (1,953 arrivals by sea). Once they arrive in Italy, many apply for asylum there, but some try to cross into France.
http://www.businessinsider.com/map-of-europe-refugee-crisis-2015-9
According to IOM and UNHCR estimates, around one million migrants and refugees arrived in Europe till 21 December 2015, three to four times more than in 2014. Just 3% (34,215) came by land to Bulgaria and Greece; the rest came by sea to Greece, Italy, Spain, Cyprus and Malta.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_migrant_crisis
In early August 2015, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said that 250,000 migrants had arrived in Europe by sea so far in 2015, 124,000 in Greece and 98,000 in Italy. According to Frontex, July set a new record for a single month, with 107,500 migrants estimated to have entered the EU.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_migrant_crisis
Italy had more than 170,000 refugees arrive in 2014, many of whom sought asylum in other European countries. Sweden had the most asylum applicants per capita, with 8.4 applicants per 1,000 residents, which is nearly twice as many as the second- ranked country, Hungary. Italy had more than 170,000 refugees arrive in 2014, many of whom sought asylum in other European countries. Germany had the most applicants, with more than 200,000 migrants seeking asylum, mainly from Syria, Serbia, Kosovo and Eritrea.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/20/world/europe/surge-in-refugees-crossing-the-mediterranean-sea-maps.html
how many refugees entered italy
There are 98,000 refugees entered in Italy. There were 98,000 refugees entered in Italy.