A record-setting number of migrants entered the EU in July

Migrants in Macedonia.
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In July, a record 107,500 migrants entered the European Union, with the highest concentration making their way to the Greek islands of Kos, Lesbos, Chios, and Samos.

The border agency Frontex said that since January, close to 340,000 migrants have arrived in Europe, a huge leap from the 280,000 migrants that came in 2014. A majority are from the Middle East, Time reports, leaving Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan for Turkey, then crossing the Aegean Sea into Greece.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.