Illegal migration figures and paradoxes
Data from 2025 indicates that 117.8 million people worldwide were displaced due to persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations, or even serious breakdowns of public order. Of these, 68.7 million were internally displaced, while 35.6 million required international protection. This group included 6 million Palestinians and 9 million migrants awaiting approval for international protection. In addition to legal migration, countries not at war also face illegal migration, even when there is no state of conflict in the countries of origin. As early as October of this year, the EU adopted much stricter measures regarding illegal migration, even though the situation was not yet as alarming as it had been in 2015. In any case, the volume of both legal and illegal migration is rising year by year; even when the situation in their home countries stabilizes, most migrants refuse to return, and new migrants continue to arrive. Consequently, host countries encounter foreign cultur...