The European Border Agency (Frontex) recorded “a 63 per cent increase in illegal immigration trips to the European Union from the beginning of this year to July last year”, noting that “the number reached 34,570 trips”.

The agency said in a statement that “the number of operations for illegal entry into the European space reached 14,866 operations in July last year”, explaining that “this number is about three times more than it was in July 2021 through the Balkan route, which is ” most “route. active”.

She also pointed out that “the number of migrants who crossed the Mediterranean in the first seven months of this year reached 42,500 illegal immigrants, almost 44 percent more than the number recorded in the same period in 2021, while the Eastern The Mediterranean Route recorded 22,601 migrants crossing, more than twice as many as last year.

Frontex reported in a previous report that “the number of illegal entries into the European Union increased by 82 percent between January and May to reach 86,420 compared to the same period last year.”