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2024 has so far seen close to 115,000 migrant arrivals into the EU via Mediterranean and Atlantic routes without permission. This figure is less than 0.03% of the EU’s population. During the same period last year, the region witnessed 176,252 arrivals, according to a report by the UN.
2024 has so far seen close to 115,000 migrant arrivals into the EU via Mediterranean and Atlantic routes without permission. This figure is less than 0.03% of the EU’s population. During the same period last year, the region witnessed 176,252 arrivals, according to a report by the UN.
Migrants mostly arrive at the port in La Restinga on the Canary Island of El Hierro, Spain, on Aug. 19, 2024. Data by the EU’s border and coast guard agency Frontex shows a similar trend: Unauthorized crossings over the region’s southern borders fell 39% this year compared to last year.
Camille Le Coz, an associate director of the nonprofit Migration Policy Institute in Europe, said irregular migration is getting way too much attention compared to the scope of the issue and compared to other topics Europe should be tackling, such as climate change. The most commonly used route for migrants is from North Africa, across the dangerous Central Mediterranean to Italy. Yet roughly 64% fewer migrants disembarked in Italy this year than during the same period in 2023, according to IOM and Frontex numbers.
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Current anti-immigrant sentiments notwithstanding, Europe’s ageing population, declining birth rates and labour shortages have only increased the need for immigrant workers to sustain pensions and boost economic growth.
