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The number of refugees and migrants arriving by land and sea in the European Union has passed 1 million by December 21.

The UN refugee agency and the International Organization for Migration released the figure in a joint statement Tuesday. The agencies said half of those arriving were Syrians fleeing the war, another 20 percent were Afghans, and 7 percent were Iraqis.

According to the statement, out of the arrivals to Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, Malta and Cyprus by December 21, the vast majority—nearly 820,000—arrived by sea in Greece. It said nearly 4,000 this year were reported missing or drowned.

The UN refugee agency UNHCR is planning for arrivals to continue at a similar rate in 2016, but IOM spokesman Joel Millman said it was impossible to forecast future numbers.