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In 2022 the Western Balkans route accounted for almost 43 percent of all illegal border-crossings in the European Union, with the next most common route being the Central Mediterranean.

Percentage of illegal border-crossings between border-crossing points (BCPs) to the European Union from 2019 to 2022, by main routes

Characteristic	Western Balkans	Central Mediterranean	Eastern Mediterranean	Western African Route	Western Mediterranean	Eastern Borders Route	Circular Route from Albania to Greece	Black Sea Route
2019	10.68%	9.87%	58.75%	1.92%	16.9%	0.51%	1.37%	0%
2020	21.33%	28.22%	16.04%	19.05%	13.74%	0.54%	1.08%	0%
2021	30.85%	33.84%	10.28%	11.17%	9.23%	4.08%	0.55%	0%
2022	43%	32%	13%	4.7%	4.6%	1.9%	0.2%	0.1%

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August 2023

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Survey time period

2019 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Percentages for the four main routes only, Frontex also has four other minor border-crossing points that have been excluded in this statistic.

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