Claim: Online articles and social media posts widely shared in Greek at the end of January 2023 claimed the EU border agency Frontex had warned that 330,000 migrants would enter Europe over 2023 after the same number had arrived the previous year. These posts are wrong. The agency said in a news release that it had counted 330,000 irregular entries into the EU over the 2022. It made no projections for 2023. Frontex's figures include people who cross borders several times and so are counted several times, which has caused confusion before. The International Organization for Migration  estimates 188,000 people entered Europe illegally in 2022, which researchers say is a more reliable figure.
Fact-check: No, Frontex has not warned that 330,000 migrants will arrive in the European Union in 2023
Verdict: no, frontex has not warned that 330,000 migrants will arrive in the european union in 2023
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Théophile Bloudanis
Date published: 2023-02-08T15:08:00