A total of 1,536 illegal immigrants have arrived in the Balearics up to April this year, representing a 19.5% increase compared to the same period in 2025. This is according to the fortnightly report on irregular immigration published on Monday by the Ministry of the Interior.
251 more migrants entered the Balearics than during the first four months of 2025, representing a 19.5% increase, and they arrived on board 78 small boats, 15 more than between 1 and 30 April last year. A total of 2,164 migrants have arrived in Ceuta and Melilla irregularly up to April this year, which is 300% more than in the same period of 2025.
According to these figures from the department headed by Fernando Grande-Marlaska, 7,923 migrants have arrived in Spain irregularly up to 30 April 2026, 43.2% fewer than in the same period last year, when 13,953 people arrived. The report also reveals that so far this year, 5,759 migrants have arrived in Spain by sea, 57.1% fewer than by May last year, when there were 13,412 arrivals. This year, they have arrived in 212 boats, 132 fewer than the previous year.
It also notes that 3,474 migrants have arrived by sea on the mainland (1,938) and the Balearics (1,536), which is 22.1% more than in the same period of 2025, when 2,846 arrived. In this case, they arrived on 183 boats, eight more than in the same period last year.
As for the migrants who have arrived on the mainland by sea, this represents 377 more people than those who entered irregularly up to 30 April last year, an increase of 24.1%. They arrived in 105 boats, seven fewer than in 2025.
As for the Canary Islands, 2,276 migrants have entered the region this year, 78.5% fewer than those who arrived in the same period of 2025 (10,562). They arrived in 27 boats, 140 fewer than by May last year.
As for Ceuta and Melilla, a total of 2,164 people have entered the autonomous cities irregularly by land this year, 300% more than in the same period last year. Thus, 2,101 migrants have arrived in the former, 1,612 more than last year, whilst 63 arrived in the latter, compared to 52 arrivals by the same date in 2025.
By sea, according to the Ministry of the Interior, nine people had arrived in Melilla by 30 April this year, compared with one by the same date last year. Ceuta, however, has recorded none, unlike in 2025, when there were three.