The number of people who had entered Spain irregularly from Morocco dropped by 3.3% by the end of July 2022, signaling the effects of the renewed migration cooperation between the two neighboring countries.
The largest decrease in arrivals concerns sea routes to Spain, which saw 21.79% fewer boats traversing the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, according to a report by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior published July 31.
However, the total number of people arriving in small boats has dropped by only 0.4%. This is because small boats that cross to the Canary waters usually carry a large number of people. While the number of boats arriving on the islands increased by 12 boats, 6%, the number of people has increased by 2,058, 27.3%.
Despite this increase, the figure remains lower than the number of boats that docked on Spanish shores by March 31 – prior to the signing of the migration cooperation deal between Morocco and Spain. Up until March, arrivals had been at a 29.5% increase.
The Spanish interior said arrivals are now centered in Algeria, as well as Ceuta and Melilla crossings, where the number of people who entered irregularly rose in the first seven months of the year by 65, 3% to Ceuta and 27.8% to Melilla.
Current irregular entries compared to the month of April continues to be significantly reduced. In the first three months of the year, the entry of migrants to Ceuta had increased by 89.7% and to Melilla by no more and no less than 292.7%.
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