The number of migrants detected at EU’s borders more than tripled to 107,500 last month compared to July 2014, surpassing the 100,000 mark in a single month for the first time since Frontex began keeping records in 2008.

The figure was the third straight monthly record, jumping well past the previous high of more than 70,000 reached in June, the EU’s external borders management agency Frontex said in a statement on Tuesday.

The number of detections in the first seven months of 2015 surged to nearly 340,000, compared to 123,500 in the same period last year and 280,000 in all of 2014.

"This has created an unprecedented pressure on border control authorities in Greece, Italy and Hungary,” Frontex said.

A record number of 49,550 migrants have arrived in the EU through Greece in July alone, exceeding in a single month the number of migrants detected in the region in all of 2014.

“Even though Italy continues to deal with a massive number of arriving migrants, in recent months the route through Greece has taken over as the path into the EU most affected by migration flows,” Frontex said earlier this month.

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