Published : 23-04-2022
Frontex said the first quarter of this year was the busiest in terms of illegal border crossings at the EU’s external borders since the migratory crisis in 2016.
Refugees fleeing Ukraine and entering the EU through border crossing points are not part of the figures of illegal entries detected in the report.
Preliminary calculations by Frontex show that more than 40,300 illegal crossings were detected between January and March of 2022, 57% more than a year ago.
In the month of March, nearly 11 700 irregular migrants were recorded at the EU external borders, 29% more than in the same month of 2021.
Responding to the various challenges at the external borders, Frontex has more than 2,100 standing corps officers and staff deployed in its operational activities.
The Eastern Mediterranean route saw the number of arrivals of irregular migrants more than doubled in the January-March period to more than 7 000. The significant increase was driven by the detections of illegal border crossings in Cyprus, which rose three-fold to over 5 100 (on 7 005 detections for all Eastern Med route).
In the month of March, the total number of migrants detected also doubled to nearly 3 250.
Frontex said the first quarter of this year was the busiest in terms of illegal border crossings at the EU’s external borders since the migratory crisis in 2016.
Refugees fleeing Ukraine and entering the EU through border crossing points are not part of the figures of illegal entries detected in the report.
Preliminary calculations by Frontex show that more than 40,300 illegal crossings were detected between January and March of 2022, 57% more than a year ago.
In the month of March, nearly 11 700 irregular migrants were recorded at the EU external borders, 29% more than in the same month of 2021.
Responding to the various challenges at the external borders, Frontex has more than 2,100 standing corps officers and staff deployed in its operational activities.
The Eastern Mediterranean route saw the number of arrivals of irregular migrants more than doubled in the January-March period to more than 7 000. The significant increase was driven by the detections of illegal border crossings in Cyprus, which rose three-fold to over 5 100 (on 7 005 detections for all Eastern Med route).
In the month of March, the total number of migrants detected also doubled to nearly 3 250.
