The arrival of migrants in patera to Canary Islands fell by 51.5% in the first four months of 2023. In total, according to data from the Ministry of the Interior, 3,211 people arrived in precarious boats this year, while in the same period last year 6,624 people and 145 pateras were counted.
In addition, 72 fewer pateras arrived than in the same period last year. This downward line is common throughout the national territory, since in the first four months of the year there have been 6,525 entries through the Spanish coasts or the border fences of Ceuta and Melilla, 36.9% less than in the same period last year.
According to the latest biweekly balance of the Ministry of the Interior, made public this Wednesday, only irregular arrivals by sea to the peninsula and the Balearic Islands have increased. A total of 2,954 migrants have arrived in 254 boats, 28.9% more.
On the other hand, they have decreased in the Canary Islands and also irregular entries to Ceuta and Melilla, both by sea and by land. By sea, few immigrants are counted -16 in Ceuta and 33 in Melilla-, since irregular entries are more common to autonomous cities by land, jumping the border fence.
In the first four months, 273 people entered Ceuta by jumping the border perimeter, 17.7% less than last year; and 38 in Melilla, 95.9% less than in the first four months of 2022, when two massive jumps to the fence were recorded.
