{"id":27486,"date":"2021-12-16T10:23:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T09:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=27486"},"modified":"2021-12-16T14:16:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T13:16:59","slug":"over-55000-migrants-tried-to-cross-into-the-eu-via-the-western-balkans-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/over-55000-migrants-tried-to-cross-into-the-eu-via-the-western-balkans-route\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 55,000 migrants tried to cross into the EU via Western Balkans route"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over 55,000 migrants tried to cross into the EU in 2021 via the Western Balkan route, mainly Syrians, Moroccans, and Afghans.<\/p>\n<p>EU\u2019s Border Agency Frontex <a href=\"https:\/\/frontex.europa.eu\/media-centre\/news\/news-release\/migratory-situation-november-the-highest-number-of-detections-in-november-since-2015-Vn2CSr\">pointed<\/a> to a 138% increase compared to the same period last year,\u00a0and up by 387% in comparison to 2019.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 184,180 migrants reached the EU\u2019s external borders in 2021, 60% more than in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Of these, 8,000 tried to cross through the Eastern frontier this year, almost thirteen times more than last year.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, there were 64,400 illegal border crossings recorded in the Central Mediterranean route, predominantly from Tunisia, Egypt, and Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p>Frontex data revealed that between January to November, 18,764 migrants tried to cross through the Eastern Mediterranean route, marking a 75% drop from 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/08\/syrian-migrant-found-dead-at-morava-mountain\/\">Syrian migrant found dead at Morava Mountain<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/11\/18\/uk-looking-to-transfer-migrants-in-albania\/\">UK looking to potentially transfer migrants in Albania<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/09\/30\/albania-viewed-as-a-safe-passage-by-migrants-trying-to-cross-the-eu-border\/\">Albania viewed as a safe passage by migrants trying to cross the EU border<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 55,000 migrants tried to cross into the EU in 2021 via the Western Balkan route, mainly Syrians, Moroccans, and Afghans. EU\u2019s Border Agency Frontex pointed to a 138% increase compared to the same period last year,\u00a0and up by 387% in comparison to 2019. A total of 184,180 migrants reached the EU\u2019s external borders in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":27487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Over 55,000 migrants tried to cross into the EU via Western Balkans route - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/over-55000-migrants-tried-to-cross-into-the-eu-via-the-western-balkans-route\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Over 55,000 migrants tried to cross into the EU via Western Balkans route - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Over 55,000 migrants tried to cross into the EU in 2021 via the Western Balkan route, mainly Syrians, Moroccans, and Afghans. 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