wirtten on May 6th 2025 The number of irregular border crossings into the European Union has decreased by 31% in the first quarter of the year, asserted the EU’s border agency Frontex. This decline was observed across all major migratory routes into the EU, with a drop ranging from 64% along the Western Balkan route (the one crossing Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia) to 8% along the Eastern Land Border (covering Ukraine, Iraq, and Russia). While migration pat