2022 witnesses highest number of EU entry attempts by migrants

Irregular migrants are seen with Tunisian National Guard off the city of Sfax in the south of Tunisia on October 28, 2022 [Yassine Gaidi/Anadolu Agency]

Migrants made nearly 330,000 attempts to enter the European Union (EU) without a permit last year – the highest number since 2016, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) disclosed on Friday. The EU's Frontex agency confirmed that nearly half of the attempts made in 2022 were made overland through the Western Balkans, according to its "preliminary calculations". Regardless of the route of entry, Syrians, Afghans, and Tunisians together accounted for nearly 47 per cent of border crossing attempts. The agency added that men accounted for more than 80 per cent of entry attempts. The agency counts entry attempts rather than the number of people trying to enter Europe because it is often difficult to identify migrants, who usually […] Source

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