Six years after its massive migrant crisis, Europe is once again in the midst of another wave of illegal mass migration. Last year, the number of illegal border crossings into Europe reached a six-year high, the EU border agency Frontex disclosed Friday.
“In 2022, around 330 000 irregular border crossings were detected at EU’s external border, according to preliminary calculations. This is the highest number since 2016 and an increase of 64% from the previous year,” the EU border agency revealed in a press release.
Not surprisingly, the majority of these illegal migrants into Europe come from Muslim countries such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, and Syria, the EU border agency’s data suggests. More then 90 percent of illegal immigrants are apparently men. “Women accounted for fewer than one in ten of the detections,” the agency disclosed.
These refugee numbers don’t include millions of displace Ukrainians who crossed into western Europe after Russia invaded the country 11 months ago.
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