Berlin, Rabi'I 18, 1438, Dec 17, 2016, SPA -- The head of the European Union border control agency says that about 350,000 migrants have arrived in the EU so far this year. Fabrice Leggeri, executive director of the Frontex border agency, said about 180,000 people arrived via Turkey and the eastern Mediterranean, while 170,000 reached the continent across the central Mediterranean route from Libya and Egypt. That's a sharp decline from 2015, when more than 1 million people arrived, AP reported. The International Organization of Migration said Friday that 4,812 people died on the Mediterranean this year so far. That about 1,200 more than last year between January to the end of November. --SPA 19:20 LOCAL TIME 16:20 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w292488