The number of migrants entering the European Union by irregualr routes dropped overall by 38% in 2024, reaching the lowest level since 2021, the EU border agency Frontex said on Tuesday.

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

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",

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

Around 239,000 people attempted to enter the EU irregularly last year, down 38% from 2023, the EU border protection agency Frontex said in Warsaw on Tuesday. It is the lowest figure since 2021, when migration movements were restricted by the coronavirus pandemic.