The first quarter of 2022 was “the busiest in terms of illegal border crossings at the EU’s external borders since the migratory crisis in 2016”, Frontex said in new statistics on Tuesday 19 April.
More than 40,300 illegal crossings were detected between January and March 2022, 57% more than a year ago, refugees from Ukraine are not part of the count. “In the month of March, nearly 11,700 irregular migrants were recorded at the EU external borders, 29% more than in the same month of...