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The European Border and Coast Guard Agency detected about
275,500 unauthorized entries at the bloc's external borders in
the first 10 months of 2022, up 73% year-on-year and the highest
level recorded since 2016.
In October alone, about 36,500 people illegally crossed EU
borders, 47% more than in October 2021.
The office said the Western Balkan route remained the most
active, with nearly three times as many detections in October as
a year ago.
This was mainly due to people abusing the region's visa-free
access as well as repeated attempts to cross into the EU by
migrants, primarily from Burundi, Afghanistan, and Iraq, already
present in the Western Balkans, said Frontex.
The second-busiest migration entry into the EU was the Central
Mediterranean route, which saw an increase in illegal border
crossings of almost 50% from last year.
In contrast, there were fewer detections along the Western
Mediterranean, Western African, and Eastern Land Border routes.
Illegal border-crossing through the Channel route from the EU
into the United Kingdom increased by 70% in the first 10 months
of 2022, with 62,323 detections.
(Reporting by Dina Kartit, edited by Tomasz Janowski)
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