Irregular migrant arrivals to the Canary Islands have decreased by 43.3% so far this year compared to 2024, from 11,672 people who had arrived last year until February 15 to 6,622 who have done so in the same period this 2025.
These are data from the irregular immigration balance published this Monday by the Ministry of the Interior, which reflects that in the first half of February 1,870 people have arrived on the coasts of the archipelago after overcoming what is considered one of the most dangerous migratory routes in the world.
This figure confirms a downward trend compared to the end of December and the beginning of January, when more than 3,000 irregular entries were recorded via this route in just fifteen days.
In general, 8,107 migrants have arrived in Spain from the beginning of the year until February 15, 2025, which represents a decrease of 38.5% compared to what was recorded last year in the same period (13,182).
The vast majority (7,960) have accessed by sea, aboard 183 precarious boats such as pateras or cayucos.
Arrival rate to the peninsula and Balearic Islands increases
Regarding arrivals to the peninsula and the Balearic Islands (Interior counts them as a whole), 1,338 have been registered in this first month and a half of the year, practically the same (+0.6%) as in 2024.
But the rate of arrivals via this route has increased, since in the last fifteen days 729 people have arrived, more than in the entire month of January (609).
So far this year, no arrival by sea has been recorded in Ceuta or Melilla.
And by land, which includes access by swimming, entries to the autonomous cities have decreased by almost 18% compared to last year: they have decreased from 176 to 137 in Ceuta and increased from 3 to 10 in the case of Melilla.
