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Ivorian migrants

How many people from Côte d'Ivoire are detected entering Spain irregularly, by which route and how it is changing, with Frontex data.

Last 12 months
464
September 2025 to August 2026
vs the previous 12
−66.0%
−902 detections
Share
1.4 %
rank 10 among nationalities

By route

Detections in the last twelve months on each of the two routes into Spain.

Western Mediterranean296
Atlantic / West African168

Month by month, last three years

Each bar is a month; the label marks January.

242526

The most recent months are provisional: Frontex revises them in later releases, and the last bar tends to be incomplete.

Year by year

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YearDetectionsChange
2009360—
2010122−66.1%
2011466+282.0%
2012101−78.3%
201351−49.5%
2014354+594.1%
2015745+110.5%
20161,840+147.0%
20173,534+92.1%
20184,045+14.5%
2019114−97.2%
2020229+100.9%
202133−85.6%
2022688+1984.8%
20231,729+151.3%
20241,210−30.0%
2025626−48.3%
2026 (in progress)332−32.8% same months
What this measures. Frontex records the nationality declared on detection, not documented, and counts detections of crossing, not distinct people. It is not the Ministry of the Interior figure and cannot be added to it.

Frequently asked questions

How many Ivorian migrants have arrived in Spain in the last year?

464 detections between September 2025 and August 2026 according to Frontex, 1.4% of all detections on the routes into Spain. In the previous twelve months there were 1,366.

Which route do people from Côte d'Ivoire use?

Mainly the Western Mediterranean route: 296 of the 464 detections in the last twelve months (63.8%).