The latest data collected by the Ministry of the Interior confirm a change in the migratory trend so far this year: irregular entries to Ceuta and Melilla have tripled, while arrivals in the Canary Islands have been reduced by almost a third.
All this without counting the entry of more than 70,000 people to Ceuta on July 30 and 31, of whom, according to the Government, around 5,000 remain in the autonomous city.
The Ministry of the Interior, for the second consecutive report, excludes this episode, considering that the data "require a more specific analysis".
Without taking into account this massive entry, the latest bulletin, published fortnightly, reflects that from January 1 to August 15, 5,013 people arrived in Ceuta, 191% more than the 1,722 who did so in the same period last year.
In the case of Melilla, the increase is 230%: from 166 last year to 548 this year.
Irregular entries in the country as a whole fall by 10%
According to data from the Ministry of the Interior, 19,972 people entered the country irregularly up to August 15, 9.4% less than last year, when there were 22,040.
The majority of these entries, 14,411, were by sea, aboard 599 precarious vessels.
In the Canary Islands, the downward trend is confirmed with 4,808 irregular entries so far this year compared to 11,883 in the previous year, that is, 59.5% less.
The same decrease is observed in the number of vessels that arrived on the Canary Islands coasts: 64 compared to 196 in 2025, 65.3% less.
4,433 people arrived in the Balearic Islands irregularly by sea, 110 more than in the same months of the previous year, when there were 4,323.
5,152 people arrived in the Peninsula by sea, which is 1,224 more than a year earlier, that is, 31.16%.
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