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According to the border surveillance agency Frontex, irregular entries into the European Union increased by 17% in 2023 compared to the previous year.
Published on January 16, 2024 6:18 p.m
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Migrants rescued by French NGO Ocean Viking off the Italian coast, June 30, 2020. (SHAHZAD ABDUL / AFP)
According to Frontex, the European border surveillance agency, irregular entries into the European Union recorded a “significant increase” in 2023, according to its annual data published on Tuesday, January 16. Last year, these illegal migrant arrivals reached their highest level since 2016. And they have been steadily increasing for the past three years.
The European border surveillance agency Frontex registered 380,000 irregular entries into the European Union in 2023, the highest level in seven years. And most candidates for exile try to reach Europe via the Mediterranean. 41% of them take the central Mediterranean route from the Libyan or Tunisian coast towards Malta or Italy at their own risk.
80% of migrants are men
The second largest route runs through the Western Balkans: Serbia, Albania, Bosnia. This route remains very important, even if the number of migrants using it is decreasing. In contrast to the Eastern Mediterranean, from Turkey to the Greek coasts. It is the third preferred route for refugees arriving particularly from Syria, Guinea and Afghanistan. According to Frontex, these three nationalities represent more than a third of the people sighted. 80% of these people are men, 10% women and 10% minors.
The central Mediterranean is the most dangerous sea migration route in the world. According to the United Nations, more than 22,600 people have died there in the last decade. The United Nations, including the refugee agency, recorded 3,760 people dead or missing in the Mediterranean last year.
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