01/14/2025

Irregular Migration into EU Dropped Sharply in 2024

The number of migrants entering the region dropped overall by 38 percent

The number of migrants entering the European Union (EU) by irregular routes dropped overall by 38 percent in 2024, reaching the lowest level since 2021, the EU border agency Frontex said on Tuesday.

However, the number of people crossing from the EU's borders with Belarus and Russia jumped 192 percent to 17,000, Frontex said.

Significant numbers of migrants or asylum-seekers also came from Syria, Afghanistan, Egypt and African countries even as routes into the bloc shifted.

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