With the patera that arrived this morning to the southeast of Cabrera, 25 boats have arrived this year in the Balearic Islands, with a total of 547 occupants, which reflects that another complex year is expected in terms of illegal immigration.
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Vox denounces that the Consell de Ibiza spends three times as much on the management of the ‘menas’.
In addition to consolidating the migratory route between Algeria and the Balearic Islands, the authorities are concerned about the resources used by the immigration mafias, which have become more sophisticated and diversified in their operations.
For the second time in a short period of time, fishing boats loaded with migrants have arrived in the Pitiusas, a modality little known at least until last year.
According to La Voz de Ibiza, the 37 people of North African origin who arrived at the port of La Savina on Saturday night did so in a boat of this type.
Three of the new arrivals had managed to escape at first, but were later found by the local police sleeping in one of the premises of the port of Formentera.
The trawler remained in Formentera only on Saturday night and then was reportedly transferred to the island of Ibiza.
Something similar had happened in Ibiza last Septemberwhen 101 immigrants arrived in a 20-meter long fishing boat in precarious conditions to cross the sea conditions in the middle of the orange alert for storms.
On the other hand, the General Commissariat for Foreigners and Borders (CGEF) of the National Police has sent specialized agents to the area to conduct interviews and determine the origin and nationalities of the detainees, as there are doubts about the initial statements, as detailed by the site La Gaceta de la Iberosfera.
Some of the migrants are believed to be of Asian origin based on their physical characteristics.
On the rise
Comparing the first 45 days of last year with the beginning of 2025, there has already been an increase of increase of more than 50 percent in the number of illegal immigrants.
Last year the count ended with 5,596 migrants arrived in 333 small boats in the Balearic Islands. In this context, Formentera was the largest point of entry, receiving almost 50% of the immigrants.
In Ibiza and Formentera, 162 boats with 2,580 immigrants were registered in 2024. While 21 boats arrived in Ibiza with 330 people. These statistics quadrupled the numbers of 2023 in Formentera and tripled those of Ibiza.
