Migrant routes to Europe

Schengen visa-free travel zone
Illegal border crossings

2014
Jan-Jun 2015


275
150
1
West Africa to Canary Islands

7,840
6,698
2
West Mediterranean to Spain

170,760
104,000
3
Central Mediterranean to Italy

50,830
158,456
4
Eastern Mediterranean to Greece

52,200
106,974
5
West Balkans to Hungary from Greece, Albania

4,300
2,865
6
Eastern borders route to Poland

23.515*
25,771
7
To UK from France, Belgium and Netherlands

1
4
6
3
2
7
5
Canary Islands (Spain)
Spain
Portugal
France
Poland
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
UK
Austria
Switz.
Czech Rep.
Italy
Greece
Serbia
Albania
Hungary
Slovakia
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Turkey


Source: Frontex, UNHCR, Migration Observatory, UK Office of National Statistics
*Asylum applications for years ending June 2014 and June 2015