In 2022, the number of irregular entries into European Union member countries increased by 64% compared to the previous year and reached the highest level since 2016, when the figure was just over 500,000, announced the European agency Frontex this Friday. fair (13).
According to the regulatory body, in 2022, 330,000 entries were registered under illegal conditions. About 10% of these immigrations were carried out by women, and 9% by minors.
Syrians, Afghans and Tunisians accounted for 47% of entries last year —according to the agency, the number of Syrians doubled and reached 94,000. The most common route was the Balkan route, where 45% of migrants entered. The flow in the place was the one that registered the biggest increase in relation to the previous year —136%.
On the other hand, the route through West Africa showed the biggest drop: the number of undocumented immigrants entering this route was 31% lower compared to 2021. More than two thirds of them come from Morocco and sub-Saharan African countries, such as Guinea and Ivory Coast.
The route through the Western Mediterranean, in the region of the Iberian Peninsula, also registered a drop, of 21%. On this route, 80% of the migrants detected come from Northwest Africa, but the number of immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa and Syrians has risen sharply, according to the agency.
This is the second year of increase after a drop caused by the pandemic, in 2020. The bloc’s challenges in migration are unprecedented, says Frontex, citing the political crisis in Belarus in 2021 and the Ukraine War in 2022. motivated a record number of refugees arriving in the countries of the European Union”, says the organization. “These events, together with an increasing number of irregular crossings, show the need for a strong and effective European Border Guard.”
In 2015, 1.83 million irregular entries were registered in the block — a number pulled by migrants who came from regions in conflict at the time, such as Syria and Afghanistan.
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