The total number of migrants who crossed the EU’s external borders in the first nine months of this year rose to more than 710,000 with the Greek islands on the Aegean continuing to be the most affected by the unprecedented inflow of people. This compares with 282,000 recorded in all of last year.
In the month of September, the number of detections at EU’s external borders stood at 170,000 last month compared to 190,000 recorded in August.