FILE - Unauthorized migrants crowd a wooden boat as they sail to the port in La Restinga on the Canary island of El Hierro, Spain, on Aug. 18, 2024.
Despite the heated debates, irregular crossings over the southern borders of the EU — the region that sees the most unauthorized migration — were down by 35% from January to August, according to the latest preliminary figures compiled by the United Nation's International Organization for Migration.
“There are situations that need to be addressed, like the situation in the Canary Islands,” Le Coz acknowledged.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez recently traveled to three West African countries in an attempt to curb migration.
While long-term solutions to tackle unauthorized migration are being implemented, such as temporary work programs for migrants, they are still falling short.

Unauthorized migration into the EU declined despite heated politics