The data displays the total number of individuals detected entering the European Union (EU) illegally between border-crossing points (BCPs) from 2009 to 2017. In 2013, there was a total of approx. 107 thousand illegal entries between BCPs, making it a 48% increase on the previous year. By 2015 the number of individuals had increased to almost two million illegal entries. In the most recent surveyed time period, the number of illegal border-crossings had significantly dropped from the following years, amounting to roughly 204.
