The migratory phenomenon in patera maintains its pressure on the coasts of the Balearic Islands, with a strong impact on Ibiza and Formentera. The two islands received during 2025 a total of 3,217 people arriving in irregular boats, which means an increase of 16.45% over the previous year, according to official data from the Government Delegation to which had access La Voz de Ibiza.
Formentera is once again the most critical point of entry of the pitiusas, with 167 pateras (identical to the number registered last year) and 2,791 people arriving in 2025. The number of immigrants is slightly lower than in 2024 as a whole, when 2,670 immigrants were registered.
In the case of Ibiza, the official registry indicates the arrival of 27 boats and 426 immigrants, representing a growth of 23.12% compared to 2024, when 346 people were counted in 22 boats.
The combined figure for the Pitiusas (3,217 people) represents 44.2% of the total number of immigrants who entered the Balearic Islands by sea in 2025.
Balearic Islands surpassed 7,200 irregular immigrants in one year
Overall, the Balearic Islands received 397 boats with 7,279 immigrants throughout the year, compared to the 5,846 registered in 2024.
This represents an overall increase of 24.51% in vessels and 24.5% in persons, consolidating the upward trend of the Algerian migratory route.
Mallorca continues to lead the statistics with 4,051 immigrants and 202 boats, although the percentage increase is more moderate(43.14 %) compared to other islands.
In the case of Menorca, only one patera was registered with 11 people, which confirms its status as a marginal area on this route.
Formentera quadruples the data of 2022
Formentera, with similar figures in terms of the number of boats with respect to 2024(167 in both years), has once again increased the number of people rescued, from 2,670 to 2,791, which represents an increase of 4.53%.
Since 2022, when 700 arrivals were recorded, the island has quadrupled the volume of irregular maritime immigration, consolidating its position as one of the main entry points along the entire Spanish Mediterranean coast.
Origin of immigrants in 2025
Most of the immigrants intercepted this year are of sub-Saharan (49.77%) and North African (48.58%) origin, with a testimonial presence of people of Asian origin (0.37%).
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Annual comparison in all the Balearic Islands
2025: 397 boats and 7,279 migrants
2024: 347 boats and 5,846 immigrants
2023: 137 boats and 2,194 immigrants
2022: 176 boats and 2,637 migrants
2021: 164 boats and 2,402 immigrants
2020: 112 boats and 1,464 migrants
“Notable increase in the presence of vulnerable profiles among migrants.”
The Government delegate of the Balearic Islands, Alfonso Rodríguez Badal, has made a specific reference to the management of irregular migration, at the end of a year in which the number of people arriving in patera to the islands has increased by 24.5% compared to 2024, “with a significant increase in the presence of vulnerable profiles among migrants, which led to the declaration of emergency by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration,” they detailed.
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In this regard, they reported that there was an “allocation of 6.7 million euros for the new transit reception facilities in the ports of Palma and Ibiza, and the module for police custody of the port of La Savina de Formentera, along with other measures to strengthen the police and Maritime Rescue”.
Among them, he referred to the recent incorporation of the ocean patrol boat “Duque de Ahumada”, of the Guardia Civil, the “largest and most advanced in its history”, designed for surveillance, the fight against drug trafficking and rescue at sea, and “the improvement of surveillance and detection resources, thanks to an urgent investment of 3.3 million euros by the Ministry of the Interior”.
Rodríguez Badal has valued“the intense and professional work of the State Security Forces and Corps, Maritime Rescue, Red Cross and all the institutions and entities that collaborate in the operations” and that “have made possible that, while complying with what the law dictates, a dignified treatment is guaranteed to these people fleeing dramatic personal situations, which lead them to risk their lives”.
The migratory crisis in the Balearic Islands has led the Interior to extend until the end of October the usual campaign to reinforce the Civil Guard and National Police on the islands.
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