Migrant flows decline significantly in October
The flows of irregular migrants were down by 42.06% in October this year compared to September, according to the Migration Ministry, which cited effective border management and better cooperation with Turkey.
More specifically, 6,581 irregular migrants were recorded as having arrived in Greece in October, compared to 11,470 arrivals a month earlier.
At the eastern land border on the Evros River, flows have practically stopped.
Migrant flows started to increase from mid-2022 and at their first peak they reached 2,315 last November. They followed an upward trend again from June this year, peaking in September. However, they began to gradually decline in the last 10 days of September.
The figures for the last 10 days of October are “even more encouraging,” the ministry said.
The reduction is greater in the northern Aegean and smaller in the southern Aegean.
