(ANSA) – BRUSSELS, JUN 13 – In the first five months of 2022, illegal entries into the EU increased by 82% compared to the same period in 2021, reaching 86420. The higher number of arrivals (40675, triple compared to January-May 2021) was recorded on the Balkan route: The data were released today by Frontex, the EU external border control agency. In the central Mediterranean, that is the route that brings migrants to Italy, the increase in the flow was 15% for a total of 16828 registered cases.
A surge in arrivals (+ 447%) was also recorded for illegal entries on the EU borders looking to the East, although the total number of irregular migrants was just 2155. On the other hand, arrivals on the eastern Mediterranean route declined sharply, where there was a decline of 17% compared to 2021. When the nationalities most present among migrants, Frontex reports, among other things, that on the Balkan route it was mainly Afghans, Syrians and Turks who crossed the borders of the Union. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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