(ANSA-AFP) - WARSAW, OCT 15 - Detected irregular crossings
into the European Union fell 42 percent in the first nine months
of 2024 compared to the same period last year, EU border agency
Frontex said on Tuesday. Frontex released its latest statistics
shortly before a summit of the bloc's leaders in Brussels later
this week, where immigration is among topics high on the agenda.
The number of detected crossings into the EU "fell by 42 percent
to 166,000 in the first nine months of this year", Frontex said.
It said the biggest falls were along the routes through the
Western Balkans and Central Mediterranean. Nearly 17,000
would-be asylum seekers crossed into the 27-member EU via the
Western Balkans, a 79-percent drop. Some 47,700 entered via the
Central Mediterranean, a fall of 64 percent. (ANSA-AFP).
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