Frontex confirms that no agents are deployed in the Balearic Islands due to a lack of a request from Spain.

PalmFrontex spokesperson Chris Borowski confirmed on the programme On the Day IB3 Radio reported that Spain has not requested the deployment of agents to the Balearic Islands, despite the increase in the arrival of migrants to the archipelago's shores. According to Borowski, "Frontex can only act when a Member State requests it, and so far we have not received any request from Spain."

Despite not having personnel stationed on the islands, the European agency provides air support with two surveillance planes operating in the southern western Mediterranean.

Borowski explained that the mafias are "probably" testing new routes to enter the European Union and that the recent increase in boats in the Balearic Islands is a response to this constant adaptation of human trafficking networks.