US EditionEU Cheers Migration Decline; Frontex Flags Ongoing Risks
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The downward trend continues: in 2025, a quarter fewer migrants came to the EU without valid documents or entry permits than in the previous year. Compared to 2023, the illegal arrivals even halved.
The number of registered irregular border crossings to the European Union decreased by more than a quarter in 2025 compared to the previous year.
EU Cheers Migration Decline; Frontex Flags Ongoing Risks
The latest data published by Frontex have been received in Brussels with a tone of cautious optimism. According to consolidated figures from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, detections of illegal border crossings at the European Union’s external borders fell by 26% in 2025, to around 178,000. This is the lowest level since 2021 and less than half the total recorded in 2023. However, a closer reading of Frontex’s own documents reflects…
Less and less fleeing people are coming to the EU, but not all routes reduce the numbers.
This is a significant decline: illegal entry to the borders of the European Union fell by more than a quarter last year. According to Frontex figures, the European border agency, it is the lowest level in several years.
The route of the Central Mediterranean was where more irregular entry was detected in 2025 (66.328, a 1% homologous break), followed by the Eastern Mediterranean, with 51.399 detections, less than 27%.
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