34 percent fewer migrants have arrived on the Andalusian coast compared to the same period in 2021, as the effects of Morocco-Spain migration cooperation begin to show results.
The figures, provided by the deputy of the Government of Spain in Andalusia Pedro Fernández, reflect “control, a collaboration with Morocco.”
The delegate spoke against the backdrop of allegations of increased arrivals to the Andalusian coast, primarily based on figures collected by Europe’s migration Agency Frontex which said that in the first seven months of this year arrivals increased by 86%.
According to preliminary calculations conducted by Frontex, about 155, 090 irregular migrants entered the European Union in 2022.
In July, EU Member States recorded about 34 570 irregular crossings, 63% more than in the same month in 2021, mostly arriving from the Western Balkans.
The Spanish Interior had previously said that arrivals to Spain 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.
The Spanish Interior had said that by July 2022 number of people who had entered Spain irregularly from Morocco dropped by 3.3%.
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.
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