deadliest route for irregular migration, as more than 2,000 people lost their lives in the sea between Africa and the Canary Islands that year.
In 2023,128 vessels carrying irregular migrants got shipwrecked trying to reach the Canary Islands. This was the entry point to Spain with the highest number of shipwrecks as well as the Number of shipwrecked vessels carrying irregular migrants in route to Spain in 2023, by route of entry
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Other statistics that may interest you Illegal immigration in Spain
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Number of immigrants arrived by sea and by land in Europe 2023, by country of arrival
- Basic Statistic Number of illegal border-crossing to the EU 2022, by country of origin
- Premium Statistic Legal and unauthorized migrants that arrived in Spain 2015-2023
- Premium Statistic Percentage change of irregular immigrants arriving in Spain 2016-2023
- Premium Statistic Number of illegal immigrants arriving to Spain 2020, by country of origin
- Basic Statistic Foreign population Spain 2023, by nationality
Modes of entry
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- Premium Statistic Percentage change of irregular immigrants arriving in Spain by sea 2016-2023
- Premium Statistic Monthly irregular immigrants arriving in Spain by sea 2018-2023
- Premium Statistic Irregular small boats arriving in Spain 2017-2023
- Premium Statistic Irregular small boats arriving in Spain 2023, by point of entry
- Premium Statistic Irregular immigrants arriving in Ceuta and Melilla, Spain, by land 2017-2023
- Premium Statistic Percentage change of irregular immigrants arriving in Spain, by land 2017-2022
Destinations
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- Premium Statistic Irregular immigrants arriving by land or sea in Spain 2023, by point of entry
- Premium Statistic Irregular immigrants arriving in Balearic Islands, Spain, by sea 2016-2022
- Premium Statistic Irregular immigrants arriving in Melilla, Spain, by land 2016-2023
- Premium Statistic Irregular immigrants arriving in Melilla, Spain, by sea 2016-2023
- Premium Statistic Irregular immigrants arriving in Canary Islands, Spain, by sea 2015-2022
- Premium Statistic Irregular immigrants arriving in Ceuta, Spain, by land 2016-2023
- Premium Statistic Irregular immigrants arriving in Ceuta, Spain, by sea 2016-2022
Unaccompanied minors
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- Premium Statistic Number of unaccompanied minors arrived by sea in Spain 2014-2022
- Premium Statistic Share of unaccompanied minors registered by country in Spain 2022
- Premium Statistic Number of unaccompanied minors registered in Spain 2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Unaccompanied foreign minors by accommodation and gender in Spain 2022
Undocumented migration management
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Deaths and missing people
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Instagram. (January 9, 2024). Number of shipwrecked vessels carrying irregular migrants in route to Spain in 2023, by route of entry [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290840/shipwrecked-vessels-with-undocumented-migrants-spain-by-route/
Instagram. "Number of shipwrecked vessels carrying irregular migrants in route to Spain in 2023, by route of entry." Chart. January 9, 2024. Statista. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290840/shipwrecked-vessels-with-undocumented-migrants-spain-by-route/
Instagram. (2024). Number of shipwrecked vessels carrying irregular migrants in route to Spain in 2023, by route of entry. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290840/shipwrecked-vessels-with-undocumented-migrants-spain-by-route/
Instagram. "Number of Shipwrecked Vessels Carrying Irregular Migrants in Route to Spain in 2023, by Route of Entry." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290840/shipwrecked-vessels-with-undocumented-migrants-spain-by-route/
Instagram, Number of shipwrecked vessels carrying irregular migrants in route to Spain in 2023, by route of entry Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290840/shipwrecked-vessels-with-undocumented-migrants-spain-by-route/ (last visited April 24, 2024)
Number of shipwrecked vessels carrying irregular migrants in route to Spain in 2023, by route of entry [Graph], Instagram, January 9, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290840/shipwrecked-vessels-with-undocumented-migrants-spain-by-route/