Thommy, here are the numbers. Is BBC good enough for you?
Migrant crisis: Migration to Europe explained in seven charts - BBC News
2015: 1.3 million
Keep in mind these are the OFFICIAL RECORDED numbers, which of course leaves out hundreds of thousands, if not millions, illegals.
2016: over 1.2 million
File:Asylum applications (non-EU) in the EU-28 Member States, 2006–2016 (thousands) YB17.png - Statistics Explained
Is this official Eurostat site a good enough source for you?
And once again, these are OFFICIALLY RECORDED ASYLUM APPLICATIONS, so you can imagine the massive number of ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS they don't count on these charts. If you can use logic the real numbers since the mess in Syria are probably
4 to 5 MILLION, if not more. Not even counting the
3 MILLION who are in Turkey right now!
There. I wonder what your excuse will be this time.