Irregular immigration in the EU: Facts and Figures (EP Think Tank)

The European Parliament Think Tank has published a briefing presenting facts and figures about irregular immigration in the EU.

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This Briefing, published by the European Parliamentary Research Service, is designed to provide key facts and figures about irregular immigration for the year 2014.

Irregular immigrants are defined as third-country nationals who do not fulfil, or no longer fulfil, the conditions of entry as set out in Article 5 of the Schengen Borders Code or other conditions for entry, stay or residence in that Member State.

The briefing presents data concerning the:

  • Detections of illegal border crossings;
  • Number of persons refused entry at the EU’s external borders (2014);
  • Top 10 nationalities of persons refused entry in the EU (2014);
  • Number of persons found to be illegally present in EU Member States (2014);
  • Nationality of persons found to be illegally present in the EU (2014);
  • Number of persons ordered to leave the EU (2014);
  • Number of persons returned following an order to leave (2014).

Before proceeding to the data, a short definition is proposed for each of those categories.

Authors: Eva-Maria Alexandrova Poptcheva and Giulio Sabbati

This briefing is available here (only in English). A similar briefing on asylum-seekers in the EU is also available on the European Parliament Think Tank website.