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Illegal entries into EU from Western Balkans more than doubled in May - Frontex

FILE PHOTO: Migrants wait to leave an EU border agency Frontex boat as they arrive at the port city of Mytilene on Lesbos island, Greece, March 5, 2016. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

The European Union in May registered a steep rise of illegal entries from the Western Balkans into the 27-nation bloc, the EU border agency Frontex said on Monday.

"In May, the number of irregular migrants detected in the region more than doubled to 12,088," Frontex said in a statement, adding that the main countries of origin were Syria and Afghanistan.

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