In 2022, 330,000 irregular admissions were recorded by the European Frontex agency. The highest level since 2016.
mo12345lemonde with AFP
The number of irregular entries in the European Union increased in 2022 by 64 % compared to the previous year, reaching the highest level since 2016, announced Friday, January 13 The European border surveillance agency, Frontex .
According to the agency, 330,000 irregular admissions were recorded in 2022, including 45 % on the road to Western Balkans. The number of Syrian nationals concerned has practically doubled at 94,000.
“This is the second year in a row with a sharp increase in the number of irregular admissions,” said Frontex in a press release, adding that the Syrians, Afghans and Tunisians represented 47 % of irregular entries together in 2022.
On the Western Balkan route 145,600 passages were recorded, an increase of 136 % compared to the previous year.
The central Mediterranean road, the second most borrowed, saw the number of passages exceed 100,000, an increase of more than 50 %. About 10 % of irregular entries were made by women and approximately 9 % by minors.