{"id":141888,"date":"2025-12-02T20:59:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/sin-categorizar\/balearic-islands-follows-national-trend-sharp-increase-in-illegal-immigration\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T20:59:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:59:33","slug":"balearic-islands-follows-national-trend-sharp-increase-in-illegal-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/en\/current-news\/balearic-islands-follows-national-trend-sharp-increase-in-illegal-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Balearic Islands follows national trend: sharp increase in illegal immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"742\">A total of <strong data-start=\"417\" data-end=\"516\">6,688 migrants have arrived irregularly to the Balearic Islands by sea so far in 2025<\/strong>, an increase of <strong data-start=\"550\" data-end=\"593\">28.3% over the same period in 2024<\/strong>, according to the latest balance of the <em data-start=\"623\" data-end=\"648\">Ministry of Interior<\/em> on irregular immigration.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"742\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/en\/current-news\/balearic-islands-pays-1000-euros-for-each-patera-as-arrivals-soar-365-so-far-this-year\/?swcfpc=1\">Balearic Islands pays 1,000 euros for each patera as arrivals soar: 365 so far this year<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"744\" data-end=\"1056\">The report, updated to November 30, reflects a change of trend in the migratory flow to the Islands, in contrast to the <strong data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"942\">general decline of 29.9% recorded at the state level<\/strong>. In total, <strong data-start=\"954\" data-end=\"1017\">Spain recorded 34,251 irregular arrivals in 2025<\/strong>, compared to 56,976 the previous year. <\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1063\" data-end=\"1109\">Balearic Islands, the exception to the general decline<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1111\" data-end=\"1371\">While communities such as the <strong data-start=\"1137\" data-end=\"1149\">Canary Islands<\/strong> have experienced a <strong data-start=\"1172\" data-end=\"1191\">59.4% drop<\/strong> in entries by sea, the Balearic Islands has become one of the few autonomous regions where <strong data-start=\"1272\" data-end=\"1315\">the number of migrants has increased<\/strong>, especially those arriving in <strong data-start=\"1359\" data-end=\"1370\">small boats<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1373\" data-end=\"1687\">Of the 34,251 migrants recorded in Spain, <strong data-start=\"1423\" data-end=\"1453\">30,692 did so by sea<\/strong>, and of these <strong data-start=\"1466\" data-end=\"1520\">13,855 disembarked on the Peninsula and in the Balearic Islands<\/strong>, a figure that represents a combined growth of 6%. However, when separating the data, <strong data-start=\"1610\" data-end=\"1646\">only the Balearic Islands reflect an increase<\/strong>, with <strong data-start=\"1652\" data-end=\"1686\">1,476 more people than in 2024<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1689\" data-end=\"1897\">As for the number of boats, the Balearic archipelago has received <strong data-start=\"1762\" data-end=\"1777\">366 boats<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1779\" data-end=\"1809\">54 more than the previous year<\/strong>, while the mainland has recorded <strong data-start=\"1851\" data-end=\"1896\">a drop of 8.7% in maritime entries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1904\" data-end=\"1945\">Migratory routes are reconfigured<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1947\" data-end=\"2279\">Data from the Ministry of the Interior show a <strong data-start=\"1998\" data-end=\"2041\">redistribution of migratory routes<\/strong> towards the western Mediterranean. In the Balearic Islands, the security and emergency forces have reinforced their devices in the face of the <strong data-start=\"2167\" data-end=\"2227\">sustained increase of arrivals in precarious boats<\/strong>, which especially affects <strong data-start=\"2256\" data-end=\"2278\">Ibiza and Formentera<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2281\" data-end=\"2582\">According to police sources, many of these boats <strong data-start=\"2331\" data-end=\"2355\">come from Algeria<\/strong>, which has been the main departure point on the routes to the Balearic Islands in recent years. Improved weather conditions and less pressure in the Canary Islands could be behind the upturn in the Balearic archipelago. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2634\" data-end=\"2925\">The report also details a <strong data-start=\"2664\" data-end=\"2737\">46.2% increase in land entries to Ceuta and Melilla<\/strong>, with 3,559 people up to November 30. 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