The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) is preparing to open a permanent base in Estonia and increase its presence along the EU's eastern border to combat migration attacks.

Detections of irregular migrants entering the European Union fell in 2024 to the lowest level recorded since 2021 due to a crackdown on traffickers, the bloc's border agency said on Tuesday. Irregular entries detected via the Central Mediterranean fell by 59 percent from the 2023 level due to "fewer departures from Tunisia and Libya",

The European Parliament on Tuesday ratified an agreement allowing the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) to deploy personnel across all of Serbia’s territory, including borders with non-EU countries,

Irregular crossings into the European Union in 2024 dropped to their lowest level since 2021, the EU border agency Frontex reported Tuesday.

Warsaw-based Frontex, which regularly publishes statistics on irregular entries into the EU, said last year’s preliminary data revealed ‘a significant 38-percent drop’ in crossings

Fernando Clavijo met Home Affairs Commissioner Magnus Brunner in Strasbourg. “When you close one door, migrants exit from another.” View on euronews

The European Union’s border agency Frontex says that irregular migration into the European Union fell sharply in 2024

However, the number of people crossing from the EU's borders with Belarus and Russia jumped 192% to 17,000, Frontex said. Significant numbers of migrants or asylum-seekers also came from Syria ...

The number of irregular border crossings into the European Union saw a significant decline of 38% in 2024, according to the EU's border agency Frontex. Preliminary data reveals that just over 239,000 irregular crossings were detected, marking the lowest level since 2021, when migration patterns were still impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Despite an overall drop in irregular migration, the number of people crossing the border in Belaurs and Russia jumped sharply.View on euronews

"Intensified EU and partner cooperation against smuggling networks has significantly reduced crossings at Europe's external borders," Frontex said. Meloni called it "a result of Italy's action ...

Greece, a major entry point for migrants into the EU, has advocated for stricter immigration controls. #EuropeNews