134 results for "Balkan route"
2016-08-12
The number of migrants arriving in Italy in July increased to almost 25,300, up 12% when compared to the same month of 2015. This brought the total number of migrants detected in the Central Mediterranean to nearly 95,000 in the first seven months of 2016, in line with the figure from last year. Nigerians and Eritreans accounted for the largest share of the migrants in the region.Putting the lives of migrants in grave danger, people smugglers have been forcing them onto even more overcrowded ...
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2016-04-05
Files available for download Publications/Risk_Analysis/Annula_Risk_Analysis_2016.pdf (14.9 MB) In 2015, Member States reported more than 1 820 000 detections of illegal border-crossing along the external borders. This never-before-seen figure was more than six times the number of detections reported in 2014, which was itself an unprecedented year, with record monthly averages observed since April 2014. The year 2015 began with extremely high levels for the month of January (over 20 000 ...
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2014-04-17
Files available for download Publications/Risk_Analysis/FRAN_Q4_2013.pdf (260.1 KB) The fourth quarter of 2013 was characterised by the highest number of detections of illegal border-crossing of all fourth quarters since 2009. Specifically, the number of detections in the Central Mediterranean was more than four times higher than in Q4 2012. However, as in most previous years, detections on this route decreased between Q3 and Q4 due to the onset of the winter season rendering sea crossing more ...
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2017-02-15
Files available for download Publications/Risk_Analysis/Annual_Risk_Analysis_2017.pdf (13.5 MB) In 2016, a drop in detections reported at the external borders with Turkey and Western Balkan countries led to an over all decrease in detections of illegal border-crossing at EU level. However, with over half a million detections (511 371), the figure is still significantly higher than any yearly total between 2010 (104 060) and 2014 (282 933). This means that the pressure on the external ...
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2015-11-10
More than 540 000 migrants have arrived on the Greek islands in the first ten months of the year, which was 13 times more than in the same period of 2014. Syrians continued to account for the largest number of arrivals, although in recent weeks the share of Afghan nationals has risen significantly.Despite the worsening weather conditions in October, more than 150 000 people made the journey from Turkey to Greece last month compared to fewer than 8 500 in October 2014.As a direct knock-on ...
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2014-10-15
Files available for download Publications/Risk_Analysis/FRAN_Q2_2014.pdf (6.4 MB) In comparison with the first quarter of 2014, the second quarter saw an increase in all of the indicators of irregular migration and asylum exchanged under the Frontex Risk Analysis Network (FRAN). A factor in this general trend was the annually recurring cycle of seasonal variation, whereby the summer months of each year are usually marked by increased pressure at the external borders. However, the increase in ...
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2018-02-20
Files available for download Publications/Risk_Analysis/Risk_Analysis/Risk_Analysis_for_2018.pdf (28.5 MB) In 2017, Member States reported a further drop in the detections of illegal border-crossing along the EU’s external borders, with 204 719 detections recorded that year. This represents a 60 % decrease compared with the 511 047 detections of 2016 (and an 89 % decrease compared with the 1.8 million detections at the height of the migratory crisis in 2015).This decrease was in particular ...
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2013-10-15
Files available for download Publications/Risk_Analysis/FRAN_Q2_2013.pdf (2.5 MB) Overall in Q2 2013 there were 24 805 detections of illegal border-crossing along the external borders of the EU. In comparative terms, this figure represented a 7.4% in-crease in relation to the same quarter in 2012 and a 155% increase compared to the previous quarter. This is the sharpest in-crease between two consecutive quarters ever recorded since 2008, highlighting the rapidly evolving situation at the ...
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2014-08-18
Files available for download Publications/Risk_Analysis/FRAN_Q1_2014.pdf (2.1 MB) In the first quarter of 2014 all of the indicators of irregular migration and asylum, except the number of detected facilitators, decreased in comparison with the last quarter of 2013. This general trend was in line with the annually recurring cycle of seasonal variation, whereby the first months of each year are usually marked by reduced pressure at the external borders. However, the decrease in the number of ...
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2018-08-07
Files available for download WB ARA (4.8 MB) The migration flow continued to decrease remaininglargely under control; coordination and cooperation remain crucial An array of response measures, ranging from coordinated enhancement of border-controls by the most affected countries to policy actions supported by the EU, introduced at the end of 2015 and maintained throughout 2016 and 2017, contributed to a marked reduction in the volume of the non-regional[1] migration flow observed in the Western ...
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