A total of 5,827 illegal migrants have arrived in the Balearics between 1 January and 30 September this year, 84% more than those who arrived in the same period in 2024, according to the report on irregular immigration published on Wednesday by the Ministry of the Interior and reported by Europa Press.
The Interior Ministry’s data also reveals that 27,476 migrants have arrived in Spain irregularly by sea and land so far in 2025, which is 35.1% less than in the same period in 2024, when 42,327 arrived. 24,589 migrants have arrived by sea this year, 38.8% less than in the same period last year, with 40,172 arrivals. They have done so in 965 boats, 241 fewer than the previous year.
With regard to the Canary Islands, as of 30 September, 12,878 migrants had entered the region this year, 58.3% fewer than those who arrived in the same period in 2024 (30,850). This year, they have arrived on board 211 boats, 54.3% fewer than in 2024, with 462.
Meanwhile, 11,680 migrants have arrived by sea to the mainland (5,853) and the Balearics (5,827), which is 25.9% more than in the same period in 2024, when 9,278 arrived. In this case, they arrived in 743 boats, 13 more than last year. As for Ceuta and Melilla, a total of 2,887 people entered the autonomous cities irregularly by land, 34% more than in the same period last year. 2,644 migrants arrived in the former, 552 more than last year, while 243 arrived in the latter, 180 more than in 2024. Finally, six migrants arrived irregularly by sea in Ceuta, compared to 23 last year, and 25 in Melilla, compared to 21 in the same period in 2024 (19% more).
Back in August, the Spanish Government delegate in the Balearics, Alfonso Rodríguez Badal, that the central government is increasing the resources for first aid to migrants who arrive irregularly on the islands’ coasts. Rodríguez Badal held a meeting with the heads of the National Police, Guard Civil, Maritime Authority and Maritime Rescue, who carry out emergency and rescue operations when migrants arrive in small boats, and also met with representatives of the Red Cross, the organisation contracted by the Spanish Government to provide first aid to these people.