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BRUSSELS, Oct 16 (KUNA) -- Despite the growing numbers of illegal border crossings on Europe's main migratory routes in September, the total on all European migratory routes for the first three quarters of 2019 was 19 percent lower at around 88 200, the EU border agency, Frontex reported Wednesday.
In the Eastern Mediterranean route, In the first nine months of this year, the total number of detections in this region rose 22% from a year ago to close to 50 600. Afghans have accounted for nearly two of every five migrants detected on this route.
In the Western Mediterranean route, the total for the January-September period stood at 17 800, around half the figure from the same period of last year. ?People from sub-Saharan Africa accounted for the largest number of detected migrants on this route 2019.
In the Central Mediterranean route , the total for the first nine months of the year reached 9 700, less than half of the total from the same period of last year. Tunisians and Sudanese were the most represented nationalities on this route in the first three quarters of 2019.
In the Western Balkans route, the total for the first nine months reached more than 7 300, 80 percent above the figure from a year ago. Nationals of Afghanistan accounted for more than half of the migrants detected on this route. (end)
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