Frontex, the EU border agency has revealed that migrant arrivals are expected to increase in the upcoming years with economic reasons being the main push factor. For 2023 and 2024, Frontex anticipates migration activity along the eastern and central Mediterranean routes, as these two routes are more exposed to migration flows to the EU external borders. Other nationalities that were the most detected for illegal border crossings include Pakistanis, Indians, Tunisians, Ukrainians, Nigerians, Congolese and Moroccans. The report further reveals that new arrivals at border crossings were mainly men (171,157) compared to women (12,318). There are several factors that impact the low number of effective returns in 2022, but the war in Ukraine is the leading one, as the report by Frontex reveals.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 07, 2023 13:36 UTC