Arrivals in May 2025
How many people entered Spain irregularly in May 2025, where, and how it compares with the year before. Ministry of the Interior figures.
Interior data up to 31 October 2026 · next report: cut-off 15 November 2026 · Frontex up to August 2026
Per day
59.4
monthly average
vs May 2024
—
that month is not in the series
Fortnight by fortnight
| Period | Arrivals | Per day |
|---|
| 1–15 May 2025 | 988 | 65.9 |
| 16–31 May 2025 | 852 | 53.2 |
What Frontex recorded that month
Detections of irregular crossing on the two routes into Spain in May 2025. Not added to the Ministry's figure: they measure different things.
Western Mediterranean1,393
Atlantic / West African542
The most recent months are provisional: Frontex revises them in later releases, and the last bar tends to be incomplete.
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Frequently asked questions
How many migrants arrived in Spain in May 2025?
1,840 people in 31 days, an average of 59.4 a day, according to the fortnightly reports of the Spanish Ministry of the Interior.
Where did they enter?
Canary Islands 445; Ceuta 215; Melilla 6; Mainland Spain no data; Balearic Islands no data.
Was it more or less than the year before?
That month of the previous year is not in the published series.