According to the annual report that the agency Frontex published on Thursday, 15 January, irregular crossings of the EU’s external borders fell by 26% in 2025, with almost 178,000 detections—the lowest level recorded since 2021.
The Central Mediterranean route remained the one most taken, with detection levels that were generally similar to 2024 levels and departures that were predominantly from Libya; in contrast, detections on the Western African route fell around two-thirds, [a...