In 2021 there were over 200,000 illegal border crossing detecting on the borders of the European Union, the most crossings recorded since 2017 when there were over 204,000. Illegal border crossings peaked in 2015 at the height of the European migrant crisis, when over 1.8 million illegal border crossing were detected.
Number of illegal crossings between border-crossing points in the European Union from 2009 to 2022
(in 1,000s)
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Frontex. (September 4, 2023). Number of illegal crossings between border-crossing points in the European Union from 2009 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/454775/number-of-illegal-entries-between-bcps-to-the-eu/
Frontex. "Number of illegal crossings between border-crossing points in the European Union from 2009 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Chart. September 4, 2023. Statista. Accessed October 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/454775/number-of-illegal-entries-between-bcps-to-the-eu/
Frontex. (2023). Number of illegal crossings between border-crossing points in the European Union from 2009 to 2022 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/454775/number-of-illegal-entries-between-bcps-to-the-eu/
Frontex. "Number of Illegal Crossings between Border-crossing Points in The European Union from 2009 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/454775/number-of-illegal-entries-between-bcps-to-the-eu/
Frontex, Number of illegal crossings between border-crossing points in the European Union from 2009 to 2022 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/454775/number-of-illegal-entries-between-bcps-to-the-eu/ (last visited October 30, 2024)
Number of illegal crossings between border-crossing points in the European Union from 2009 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Frontex, September 4, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/454775/number-of-illegal-entries-between-bcps-to-the-eu/