In 2023 there were over 350,000 illegal border crossing detecting on the borders of the European Union, the most crossings recorded since 2017 when there were over 204,000. Illegal border crossings peaked in 2015 at the height of the European migrant crisis, when over 1.8 million illegal border crossing were detected.
Number of illegal crossings between border-crossing points in the European Union from 2009 to 2023
(in 1,000s)
Characteristic
Number of illegal crossings in thousands
2023
380.23
2022
331.55
2021
200.1
2020
126.42
2019
141.85
2018
150.1
2017
204.72
2016
511.05
2015
1,822.18
2014
282.93
2013
107.37
2012
72.44
2011
141.05
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Frontex. (January 26, 2024). Number of illegal crossings between border-crossing points in the European Union from 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/454775/number-of-illegal-entries-between-bcps-to-the-eu/
Frontex. "Number of illegal crossings between border-crossing points in the European Union from 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000s)." Chart. January 26, 2024. Statista. Accessed April 25, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/454775/number-of-illegal-entries-between-bcps-to-the-eu/
Frontex. (2024). Number of illegal crossings between border-crossing points in the European Union from 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 25, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/454775/number-of-illegal-entries-between-bcps-to-the-eu/
Frontex. "Number of Illegal Crossings between Border-crossing Points in The European Union from 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/454775/number-of-illegal-entries-between-bcps-to-the-eu/
Frontex, Number of illegal crossings between border-crossing points in the European Union from 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/454775/number-of-illegal-entries-between-bcps-to-the-eu/ (last visited April 25, 2025)
Number of illegal crossings between border-crossing points in the European Union from 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Frontex, January 26, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/454775/number-of-illegal-entries-between-bcps-to-the-eu/
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