Irregular immigrants arriving in Spain by sea 1999-2023
According to the source, the number of people that arrived in Spain illegally by sea fluctuated over the period of time under consideration, peaking in 2018 at around 57,500. The number of irregular migrants that arrived in Spain by sea was estimated to be approximately 56,000 in 2023. In the previous year more than half of these migrants arrived at Spanish territory via the Canary Islands.
