The illegal immigration situation in the EU has "significantly improved," with 30,000 irregular crossings of EU borders since the start of 2019, Fabrice Leggeri, the director of the European Union border agency Frontex, said in a recent interview.
A total of 9,081 migrants have irregularly entered Bosnia since the start of the year, according to news agency FENA.
Bosnian authorities have announced that a new migrant reception center will be built near Bihac. This center will replace two temporary reception centers.
Serbian authorities said migrant flows into the country from the Balkan route are increasing again. Official figures put the daily number of migrants entering the country between 80 and 100.
Slovenian authorities have apprehended 39 migrants who were trying to cross the border with Croatia illegally, local police have said.
The EU's border protection agency has deployed teams to Albania to support police there in stopping illegal immigration. This is Frontex's first mission outside EU territory, with Brussels dubbing it a "game changer."
Turkish authorities said they stopped 636 migrants on Wednesday who were trying to reach EU countries irregularly. Meanwhile, migrant bodies continue to turn up at the border between Turkey and Iran, where the bodies of nine foreigners were found on Tuesday, as winter snow thawed.
Slovenian authorities over the last few days have stopped dozens of undocumented migrants who were trying to cross the border from Croatia, police said. Most of the foreigners were Afghan citizens.
The EU border agency Frontex says the number of detected illegal border crossings into the EU has continued to fall. In the first trimester of 2019, the total was 27 percent lower than a year ago.
An agreement between the European Union and Albania to manage the country's borders has officially come into force. Agents from the EU border agency Frontex will be deployed there to fight irregular immigration and trafficking.
Almost 80,000 migrants and refugees were detained by Turkish authorities in the first four months of 2019 while trying to illegally cross borders to Europe.
The European Parliament has called for an expansion of the EU's border protection authority. However, concerns over jurisdiction are giving many member states reason for pause.